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Secunia Security Advisory 23849

Secunia Security Advisory 23849
Posted Jan 24, 2007
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - Omid has discovered a vulnerability in PostNuke, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

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Secunia Security Advisory 23849

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TITLE:
PostNuke "cover" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23849

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23849/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
PostNuke 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/350/

DESCRIPTION:
Omid has discovered a vulnerability in PostNuke, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input passed in the "cover" parameter through index.php to
modules/Reviews/index.php is not properly sanitised before being
returned to the user when previewing reviews. This can be exploited
to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session
in context of an affected site.

Successful exploitation requires that the target user is logged in.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 0.764. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Fixed in the Subversion repository.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Omid

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About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

Subscribe:
http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/

Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/


Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

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