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ATutor Script Insertion Vulnerabilities

Secunia Advisory: SA29015  
Release Date: 2008-02-19
Last Update: 2008-02-26

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

Software:ATutor 1.x

CVE reference:CVE-2008-0828 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
L4teral has discovered some vulnerabilities in ATutor, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks.

Input passed via the website field of a user's profile, or via the subject field of a message or of a forum post, is not properly sanitised before being stored. This can be exploited to insert arbitrary HTML and script code, which is executed in a user's browser session in context of an affected site when the malicious message or post is being viewed.

The vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 1.5.5. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 1.6.

Provided and/or discovered by:
L4teral

Changelog:
2008-02-26: Added CVE reference.



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1. ATutor "type" File Inclusion Vulnerability
2. ATutor SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
3. ATutor Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
4. ATutor Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
5. ATutor Multiple Vulnerabilities
6. ATutor Password Reminder SQL Injection Vulnerability
7. ATutor Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
8. ATutor Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities


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