Softshoe - Parse-file Cross-Site Scripting

Author: Bahaa Naamneh
type: webapps
platform: cgi
port: 0
date_added: 2003-07-28
date_updated: 2012-11-28
verified: 1
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8294/info

Softshoe is allegedly prone to cross-site scripting attacks. An attacker can exploit this issue by creating a malicious link that contains hostile HTML or script code to a site that is hosting the vulnerable software. If such a link is visited, the attacker-supplied code may be rendered in the user's web browser.

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/parse-file?TEMPLATE=<script>alert('Bahaa');</script>

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/parse-file?TEMPLATE=<script>alert
(document.cookie);</script>