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WB News "name" Script Insertion Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA18499
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Release Date:
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2006-01-18
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Last Update:
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2006-05-23
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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: | WB News 1.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2006-0241 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
DragoN has discovered a vulnerability in WB News, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks.
Input passed to the "name" parameter when posting a comment isn't properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to inject arbitrary HTML and script code, which will be executed in a user's browser session in context of an affected site when the malicious comment is viewed.
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.1.0 and has also been reported in prior versions. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 1.2.1.
http://www.webmobo.com/wbnews/download.html
Provided and/or discovered by:
DragoN
Changelog:
2006-01-25: Added CVE reference.
2006-05-23: Updated "Solution" section.
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