TITLE:
Papoo Username Script Insertion Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18721
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CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Papoo 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/6588/
DESCRIPTION:
Thomas Pollet has reported a vulnerability in Papoo, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks.
Input passed to the username field during new account registration
isn't sanitised before being stored in the user profile. This can be
exploited to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser
session in context of an affected website when the user list is
viewed by the administrator.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 2.1.4. Prior versions
may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Apply patch.
http://www.papoo.de/index.php?menuid=142&downloadid=106&reporeid=0
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Thomas Pollet
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