X7 Chat "avatar" Parameter Script Insertion Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA20007
Release Date: 2006-05-08
Last Update: 2006-06-20
Popularity: 6,281 views

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

Software:X7 Chat 2.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-2282


Description:
Nomenumbra has discovered a vulnerability in X7 Chat, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks.

Input passed to the "avatar" parameter when setting the URL for a remote avatar image isn't properly verified 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 user data containing a reference to a URL with the "javascript:" URI handler is viewed with the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 2.0.2. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 2.0.4.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Nomenumbra

Changelog:
2006-05-11: Added CVE reference.
2006-06-19: Updated "Solution" section.


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