TITLE:
CPAINT "cpaint_response_type" Cross-Site Scripting
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18765
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http://secunia.com/advisories/18765/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
CPAINT 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/5543/
CPAINT 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/7883/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in CPAINT, which can be exploited
by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed to the "cpaint_response_type" parameter in "type.php"
isn't 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.
Example:
http://[host]/type/type.php?cpaint_response_type=[code]
The vulnerability has been reported in version 2.0.2. Prior versions
may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.0.3.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=141041
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits James Bercegay, GulfTech Security Research Team.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://cpaint.booleansystems.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=98
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