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ATutor Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA15705  
Release Date: 2005-06-17
Last Update: 2006-02-02

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

Software:ATutor 1.x

CVE reference:CVE-2005-2044 (Secunia mirror)



Description:
Lostmon has reported some vulnerabilities in ATutor, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Some input 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.

Examples:
http://[host]/browse.php?cat=0&show_course=1[code]
http://[host]/contact.php?subject=[code]
http://[host]/content.php?cid=323[code]
http://[host]/inbox/send_message.php?l=1[code]
http://[host]/search.php?search=10[code]&words=kk&include=all&find_in=this&display_as=pages&search=Search
http://[host]/search.php?search=1&words=aa[code]&include=one&find_in=all&display_as=summaries&search=Search
http://[host]/search.php?search=1&words=aa&include=one[code]&find_in=all&display_as=summaries&search=Search
http://[host]/search.php?search=1&words=aa&include=one&find_in=all[code&display_as=summaries&search=Search
http://[host]/search.php?search=1&words=aa&include=one&find_in=all&display_as=[code]summaries&search=Search
http://[host]/search.php?search=1&words=aa&include=one&find_in=all&display_as=summaries&search=[code]Search
http://[host]/inbox/index.php?view=1[code]
http://[host]/tile.php?query=yy&field=technicalFormat&submit=Search[code]
http://[host]/tile.php?query=[code]&field=technicalFormat&submit=Search
http://[host]/tile.php?query=yy&field=technicalFormat[code]&submit=Search
http://[host]/forum/subscribe_forum.php?fid=2&us=1[code]
http://[host]/directory.php?roles%5B%5D=[code]1&roles%5B%5D=2&roles%5B%5D=3&status=1&submit=Filter
http://[host]/directory.php?roles%5B%5D=1&roles%5B%5D=[code]2&roles%5B%5D=3&status=1&submit=Filter
http://[host]/directory.php?roles%5B%5D=1&roles%5B%5D=2&roles%5B%5D=3[code]&status=1&submit=Filter
http://[host]/directory.php?roles%5B%5D=1&roles%5B%5D=2&roles%5B%5D=3&status=1[code]&submit=Filter
http://[host]/directory.php?roles%5B%5D=1&roles%5B%5D=2&roles%5B%5D=3&status=1&submit=Filter[code]
http://[host]/directory.php?roles%5B%5D=1&status=2&reset_filter=Reset+Filter[code]
http://[host]/directory.php?roles[]=1[code]

The vulnerabilities have been reported in version 1.4.3 and 1.5 RC 1. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 1.5.1.pl1.
http://www.atutor.ca/atutor/download.php

NOTE: Some parameters are still not properly sanitised. Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Lostmon

Changelog:
2005-09-21: Updated "Solution" section.
2006-02-02: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2005/06/atutor-multiple-variable-cross-site.html



Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.

Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.

8 Related Secunia Security Advisories

1. ATutor "type" File Inclusion Vulnerability
2. ATutor Script Insertion Vulnerabilities
3. ATutor SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
4. ATutor Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
5. ATutor Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
6. ATutor Multiple Vulnerabilities
7. ATutor Password Reminder SQL Injection Vulnerability
8. ATutor Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities


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