CVEvulnerability
CVE-2005-4454
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2005-12-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Description
Validate-before-filter vulnerability in cleanhtml.pl 1.129 in LiveJournal CVS before Dec 7 2005, when the cleancss option is enabled, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a "\" (backslash) within a "javascript" scheme in a style property (such as "javas\cript"), which bypasses the "javascript" check before the "\" is stripped and then rendered in web browsers that allow scripting in style sheets.
Affected configurations
• livejournal livejournal
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-12/1000.html archives.neohapsis.com
- http://cvs.livejournal.org/browse.cgi/livejournal/cgi-bin/cleanhtml.pl cvs.livejournal.org
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113504421421972&w=2 marc.info
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18157 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/21896 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15990 Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23839 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-12/1000.html archives.neohapsis.com
- http://cvs.livejournal.org/browse.cgi/livejournal/cgi-bin/cleanhtml.pl cvs.livejournal.org
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113504421421972&w=2 marc.info
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18157 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/21896 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15990 Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23839 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com