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PHP-Fusion "news_body" Script Insertion Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA17312
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Release Date:
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2005-10-25
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Last Update:
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2006-03-15
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Popularity:
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6,953 views
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Critical:
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Moderately 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: | PHP-Fusion 6.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-4655
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Description:
peanut has discovered a vulnerability in PHP-Fusion, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks.
Input passed to the "news_body" parameter in "submit.php" isn't properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to inject arbitrary HTML and script code, which will be executed in an administrator's browser session in context of an affected site when the malicious news is viewed for approval.
This is related to vulnerability #1 in:
SA15830
Example:
</textarea><sc<script>ript>[code]</sc<script>ript>
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 6.00.204. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
The vulnerability has been fixed in some version. Update to version 6.00.305 or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
peanut
Changelog:
2006-01-19: Added CVE reference.
2006-03-15: Updated "Solution" section.
Other References:
SA15830:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15830/
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