TITLE:
WebGUI User Name Script Insertion Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23754
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CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
WebGUI 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/13252/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in WebGUI, which can be exploited
by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks.
Input passed as the user name during registration is not properly
sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to insert
arbitrary HTML and script code, which is then executed in a user's
browser session in context of an affected site when the malicious
content is displayed.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 7.3.5 (beta).
SOLUTION:
A patch is available for version 7.0 or later.
http://www.plainblack.com/uploads/LF/80/LF80YmRk89KeOTBEK1FrcA/xss-patch.txt
The vulnerability is fixed in 7.3.5 (beta).
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.plainblack.com/bugs/tracker/security-update-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability
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