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Hiox Guestbook Script Insertion Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA20252
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Release Date:
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2006-05-23
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Last Update:
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2006-07-19
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Popularity:
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7,386 views
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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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Unpatched
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| Software: | Hiox Guestbook 3.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-2515
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Description:
luny has discovered a vulnerability in Hiox Guestbook, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks.
Input passed to the Email and Comments fields isn't sanitised before being stored in the guestbook. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected website when a malicious guestbook entry is viewed.
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 3.2, and also reported in version 3.1. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
Provided and/or discovered by:
luny
Changelog:
2006-07-19: Added CVE reference.
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