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IPB Riverdark RSS Syndicator Module Cross-Site Scripting
Secunia Advisory: SA16934
Release Date: 2005-09-26
Last Update: 2005-10-04
Popularity: 5,276 views

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

Software:Riverdark RSS Syndicator 2.x (module for IPB)

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-3085


Description:
X1NG has reported two vulnerabilities in the Riverdark RSS Syndicator module for Invision Power Board, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "forum" and "topic" parameters in "rss.php" 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 an affected site.

The vulnerabilities have been reported in version 2.1.7. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

Provided and/or discovered by:
X1NG

Changelog:
2005-10-04: Added CVE reference.


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