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Gossamer Threads Links Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA15253
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Release Date:
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2005-05-05
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Last Update:
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2005-07-06
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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 Workaround
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| Software: | Gossamer Threads Links 2.x
Gossamer Threads Links SQL 3.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2005-1492 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Gossamer Threads Links, which can be exploited to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed to the "URL" parameter in "user.cgi" 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 a vulnerable site.
Solution:
Upgrade to version 3.04.
For Gossamer Threads Links 2.x follow the workaround in the vendor advisory.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Nathan House
Changelog:
2005-05-13: Added CVE reference.
2005-07-06: Updated "Description" and "Solution" sections.
Original Advisory:
http://gossamer-threads.com/perl/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=281029;
http://www.stationx.net/downloads/Gos...Links_SQL_login_XSS_vulnerability.pdf
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1 Related Secunia Security Advisories
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1. Gossamer Threads Links Script Insertion Vulnerabilities
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