Computer Associates SiteMinder - Unicode Cross-Site Scripting Protection Security Bypass

Author: Arshan Dabirsiaghi
type: webapps
platform: java
port: 0
date_added: 2009-06-08
date_updated: 2014-05-05
verified: 1
codes: CVE-2009-2705;OSVDB-56969
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36088/info

Computer Associates SiteMinder is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability because it fails to properly validate user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to bypass cross-site scripting protections. Successful exploits can aid in further attacks.

We don't know which versions of SiteMinder are affected. We will update this BID when more details become available.

http://www.example.com/app/function?foo=bar%e0%80%bc