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Geeklog Forum Plugin Search Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31188
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Release Date:
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2008-07-23
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Last Update:
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2008-07-28
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Popularity:
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1,498 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Forum 2.x (plugin for Geeklog)
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-3316
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Forum plugin for Geeklog, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Certain input in the forum search is not properly sanitised before being returned to a user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
Solution:
Update to version 2.7.1.
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Yosuke Yamada of NetAgent Co., Ltd, reported via JPCERT/CC.
Changelog:
2008-07-25: Added link to JVN.
2008-07-28: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
Geeklog:
http://www.geeklog.net/article.php/20080719093147449
JVN:
http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN60419863/index.html
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