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Calendarix "ycyear" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA19710
Release Date: 2006-04-18
Last Update: 2006-07-20
Popularity: 6,251 views

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

Software:Calendarix Advanced 1.x
Calendarix Basic 0.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-1835


Description:
botan has reported a vulnerability in Calendarix, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "ycyear" parameter in yearcal.php is not properly sanitised before being returned to users. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of a vulnerable site.

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

Provided and/or discovered by:
botan

Changelog:
2006-07-20: Added CVE reference.


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