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TITLE:
Webessence CMS "id" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39540

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39540/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Webessence CMS, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input passed to the "id" parameter in webessence/oembed.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 is reported in version 1.0.2. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.0.3 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
white_sheep, R00T_ATI, and epicfail

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12387

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