Secunia Security Advisory - r0t has reported a vulnerability in the vBug Tracker module for vBulletin, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
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TITLE:
vBulletin vBug Tracker Module "sortorder" Cross-Site Scripting
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19562
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19562/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
vBug Tracker 3.x (module for vBulletin)
http://secunia.com/product/9230/
DESCRIPTION:
r0t has reported a vulnerability in the vBug Tracker module for
vBulletin, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct
cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed to the "sortorder" parameter in vbugs.php is not
properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be
exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's
browser session in context of an affected site.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 3.5.1. Other versions
may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
r0t
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://pridels.blogspot.com/2006/04/vbug-tracker-for-vbulletin-35x-xss.html
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