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Phorum Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting and SQL Injection
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA12980
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Release Date:
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2004-10-26
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Last Update:
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2005-08-11
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Popularity:
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6,604 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
Manipulation of data
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Phorum 5.x
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Description:
Positive Technologies has reported some vulnerabilities in Phorum, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting and SQL injection attacks.
1) Certain unspecified input 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 a vulnerable site.
2) Certain unspecified input is not properly sanitised before being used in a SQL query. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.
The vulnerabilities have been reported in version 5.0.11. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 5.0.12 or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Positive Technologies
Changelog:
2005-08-11: Updated "Solution" section.
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