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WebCalendar "format" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA23341  
Release Date: 2006-12-19
Last Update: 2006-12-22

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

Software:WebCalendar 0.9.x
WebCalendar 1.x

CVE reference:CVE-2006-6669 (Secunia mirror)

This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
- Companies can be alerted when a patch is released!


Description:
7all has discovered a vulnerability in WebCalendar, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "format" parameter in export_handler.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 a vulnerable site.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.0.4. Other versions may also be affected.

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

Provided and/or discovered by:
7all

Changelog:
2006-12-22: Added CVE reference.



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