Planet 2.0 - HTML Injection

Author: Steve Kemp
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 
date_added: 2009-09-11 
date_updated: 2014-05-07 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2009-2937;OSVDB-58151 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36392/info

Planet is prone to an HTML-injection vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in dynamically generated content.

Attacker-supplied HTML and script code would run in the context of the affected website, potentially allowing the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials or to control how the site is rendered to the user.

Planet 2.0 is affected; other versions may also be vulnerable.

The following example code is available:

<img src="javascript:alert(1);" >