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Phorum Script Insertion Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14554
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Release Date:
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2005-03-11
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Last Update:
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2005-03-21
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Popularity:
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6,975 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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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Phorum 5.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-0783
CVE-2005-0784
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Description:
Jon Oberheide has reported some vulnerabilities in Phorum, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks.
Input passed to the filename in an attachment and the subject line of a thread is not properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to inject arbitrary HTML and script code, which will be executed in a user's browser session in context of an affected site when the malicious user data is viewed.
The vulnerabilities have been reported in version 5.0.14 and prior.
Solution:
Update to version 5.0.15.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=107
Provided and/or discovered by:
Jon Oberheide
Changelog:
2005-03-14: Updated advisory.
2005-03-21: Added CVE references.
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