NDDHosting posted on February 02, 2012 14:47
Published: Feb 1, 2012
Version: 1.0
Maximum Severity Rating: Low
Background
DotNetNuke 6.0 introduced a system on modal dialogs
Issue Summary
It's possible for a potential hacker to craft a particular URL which would cause the javascript for the modal popup to be polluted with a cross-site scriping attack.
Mitigating factors
The user would have to click on a URL that contained the javascript injection and then immeadiately after would need to click a modal popup link.
DotNetNuke contains protection against cross-site scripting attacks accessing the users authentication cookie.
Affected DotNetNuke versions
6.0.0-6.0.2
Non-Affected Versions:
versions prior to 6.0.0
6.1.0 and higher
Fix(s) for issue
To fix this problem, you are recommended to update to the 6.1.0 or higher - ideally upgrade to the latest version of DotNetNuke (/6.1.3 at time of writing)
Acknowledgments
Richard Lundeen of Microsoft and Microsoft Vulnerability Research (MSVR
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