[SA22211] WWWthreads "Cat" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

TITLE:
WWWthreads "Cat" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22211

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CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
WWWthreads
http://secunia.com/product/9471/

DESCRIPTION:
Root3r_H3ll has reported some vulnerabilities in WWWthreads, which
can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input passed to the "Cat" parameter 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.

Examples:
http://[host]/dosearch.php?Cat=[code]
http://[host]/postlist.php?Cat=[code]
http://[host]/showmembers.php?Cat=[code]
http://[host]/faq_english.php?Cat=[code]
http://[host]/online.php?Cat=[code]
http://[host]/login.php?Cat=[code]
http://[host]/newuser.php?Cat=[code]
http://[host]/wwwthreads.php?Cat=[code]
http://[host]/search.php?Cat=[code]

The vulnerabilities have been reported in version 5.4.2. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Root3r_H3ll

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