Thatware is a bulletin board, discussion and portal framework. Thatware is very similar to Slascode, which is behind the popular Slashdot page. A cross site scripting vulnerability exists in Thatware. By constructing a URL to a vulnerable site, an attacker may insert script commands into the displayed page. If a user of the Thatware system follows such a link, the script will execute in the context of the Thatware page. This may lead to the compromise of that user's Thatware account, through the theft of cookie data.
Thatware is a bulletin board, discussion and portal framework. Thatware is very similar to Slascode, which is behind the popular Slashdot page. A cross site scripting vulnerability exists in Thatware. By constructing a URL to a vulnerable site, an attacker may insert script commands into the displayed page. If a user of the Thatware system follows such a link, the script will execute in the context of the Thatware page. This may lead to the compromise of that user's Thatware account, through the theft of cookie data.