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OZJournals "vname" Parameter Cross-Site Scripting
Secunia Advisory: SA20091
Release Date: 2006-05-12
Last Update: 2006-05-25
Popularity: 5,872 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:OZJournals 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-2390


Description:
Kiki has discovered a vulnerability in OZJournals, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "vname" parameter when submitting a comment isn't 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 confirmed in version 1.2. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Kiki

Changelog:
2006-05-25: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://kiki91.altervista.org/exploit/ozjournals.txt


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