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TaskFreak "tznMessage" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA24123
Release Date: 2007-02-13
Last Update: 2007-02-26
Popularity: 5,000 views

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

Software:TaskFreak 0.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-0982


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

Input passed to the "tznMessage" parameter in error.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 confirmed in TaskFreak 0.5.5 multi user edition. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 0.5.7 multi user edition.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Spiked

Changelog:
2007-02-22: Added CVE reference.
2007-02-26: Updated "Solution" section.


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