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GoAhead WebServer Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

SecPod Research Team member (Prabhu S Angadi) has found Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities in GoAhead WebServer. The vulnerability is caused by improper validation of input to ‘name’ & ‘address’ parameters in /goform/formTest page. This may allow an attacker to steal cookie-based authenti...

Dec 1, 2011By Veerendra GG1 min read

SecPod Research Team member (Prabhu S Angadi) has found Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities in GoAhead WebServer. The vulnerability is caused by improper validation of input to ‘name’ & ‘address’ parameters in /goform/formTest page. This may allow an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials or inject arbitrary HTML code and launch further attacks.

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