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BannerFarm banners.cgi Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA19718
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Release Date:
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2006-04-19
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Last Update:
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2006-04-26
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Popularity:
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4,580 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | BannerFarm 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-1950
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Description:
r0t has reported a vulnerability in BannerFarm, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed to the "aff" and "cat" parameters in banners.cgi 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 2.3. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
Provided and/or discovered by:
r0t
Changelog:
2006-04-26: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://pridels.blogspot.com/2006/04/bannerfarm-xss-vuln.html
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