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ShopSite "prevlocation" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA23274
Release Date: 2006-12-13
Last Update: 2006-12-15
Popularity: 4,220 views

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

Software:ShopSite 8.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-6485


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

Input passed to the "prevlocation" parameter in registration.cgi 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 is reported in version 8.1. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 8.1.3.1.

Provided and/or discovered by:
DoZ

Changelog:
2006-12-15: Updated "Solution" section and added "Other References".

Original Advisory:
http://www.hackerscenter.com/archive/view.asp?id=26646

Other References:
http://support.shopsite.com/kbase/view_answer.php?questionID=S5518


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