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EasyEvent "curr_year" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA20038
Release Date: 2006-05-08
Last Update: 2006-05-11
Popularity: 5,089 views

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

Software:easyEvent 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-2257


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

Input passed to the "curr_year" parameter in index.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.

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

Provided and/or discovered by:
Dj_Eyes

Changelog:
2006-05-11: Added CVE reference.


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