Sun Java Server Faces Input Handling Cross-Site Scripting

Sunday, 16 March 2008

Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Java Server Faces, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to unspecified Java Server Faces (JSF) input handling routines is not properly sanitised. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of a site using an affected JSF version.

The vulnerability is reported in Sun Java Server Faces 1.2. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to Sun Java Server Faces 1.2_08 or later:
http://javaserverfaces.dev.java.net/

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Changelog:
2008-03-12: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-233561-1

http://secunia.com/advisories/29327/