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eSyndiCat Directory Software Pro "register.php" Cross-Site Scripting
Secunia Advisory: SA31041
Release Date: 2008-07-11
Popularity: 2,784 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:eSyndiCat Directory Software Pro 2.x

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Description:
Fugitif has reported some vulnerabilities in eSyndiCat Directory Software, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed via the "username", "email", "password", "password2", "security_code", and "register" parameters to register.php 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 vulnerabilities are reported in version 2.2. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Filter malicious characters and character sequences in a web proxy.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Fugitif

Original Advisory:
http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0807-exploits/esyndicat-xss.txt


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