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Xoops Multiple Vulnerabilities Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA17300  
Release Date: 2005-10-25
Last Update: 2005-11-08

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Cross Site Scripting
DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Xoops 2.x

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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Xoops, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and to bypass certain security restrictions.

1) Input passed to certain "XOOPS Code" tags 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.

2) Certain input passed to the "newbb" forum module and to the comments system 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 when the user views a submitted forum message.

3) Input passed to the "usersEmail" parameter in the "contact" module isn't properly sanitised before being used as email-address. This can be exploited to inject custom headers into e-mails that are sent from Xoops by inserting newline characters in the mail address.

4) An input validation error in handling image upload can potentially be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site by uploading a file with a valid image file extension but containing embedded HTML and script code.

Success exploitation requires that image upload is enabled and that the malicious file is accessed directly using the Internet Explorer browser.

Vulnerabilities #1, #2, #3 and #4 have been reported in the following versions:
* Xoops 2.0.12 JP and prior.
* Xoops 2.0.13.1 and prior.
* Xoops 2.2.3 RC1 and prior.

5) A vulnerability in PHPMailer can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA15543

The vulnerability has been reported in the following versions:
* Xoops 2.0.10-JP RC2 and prior.
* Xoops 2.0.13.1 and prior.
* Xoops 2.2.0.

Solution:
Update to the fixed versions.

Xoops 2.0.12 JP and prior:
Update to version 2.0.13a JP. (Note: Version 2.0.13 JP is reportedly missing a fix).

Xoops 2.0.x:
Update to version 2.0.13.2.

Xoops 2.2.x
Update to version 2.2.3.

Provided and/or discovered by:
1-2) Keigo Yamazaki, Little eArth Corporation (LAC).

Changelog:
2005-11-08: Updated "Solution Status", "Description" and "Solution" sections.

Original Advisory:
Little eArth Corporation (LAC):
http://www.lac.co.jp/business/sns/intelligence/SNSadvisory_e/85_e.html

Other References:
SA15543:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15543/



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.

16 Related Secunia Security Advisories, displaying 10

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5. Xoops "xoopsConfig[language]" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
6. XOOPS PHPMailer and XML-RPC Vulnerabilities
7. Xoops Cross-Site Scripting and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
8. Xoops Avatar Upload File Extension Vulnerability
9. Xoops URL Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
10. Xoops SQL Injection and Banner Manipulation Vulnerabilities

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