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textfileBB "messanger.php" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA19149
Release Date: 2006-03-09
Last Update: 2006-04-03
Popularity: 5,770 views

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

Software:textfileBB 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-1202


Description:
retard has discovered a vulnerability in textfileBB, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "mess" and "user" parameter in "messanger.php" is not 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 vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.0. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
The vulnerability has been fixed in an updated 1.0 version.
http://tfbb.jcink.com/

Provided and/or discovered by:
retard

Changelog:
2006-03-14: Updated "Solution" section.
2006-03-16: Added CVE reference.
2006-04-03: Updated "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
http://notlegal.ws/advisories/textfilebbmessanger.txt


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