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CuteNews Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9150
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Release Date:
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2003-07-01
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Last Update:
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2005-11-09
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Popularity:
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7,147 views
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Critical:
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Moderately 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: | CuteNews 1.x
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Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in CuteNews, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct Cross-Site Scripting attacks against other users.
The vulnerability is caused due to missing validation of user input supplied in posted messages. A malicious user can exploit this to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session by including it in a post.
Successful exploitation can result in disclosure of the MD5 hash of a user's password, which is stored in a cookie, or inclusion of malicious content, which the user thinks is part of the real website. Furthermore, if an administrator views a malicious post, it is possible to silently create a new administrator account.
An example is included in the original advisory, which creates an administrator account:
<iframe src="index.php?regusername=owned®password=pass®nickname=owned®email=none@none.com®level=1&action=adduser&mod=editusers"
height=0 width=0 frameborder=0 scrolling=0></iframe>
Solution:
Update to version 1.4.1 (build 178).
http://cutephp.com/cutenews/
Provided and/or discovered by:
Peter Winter-Smith
Changelog:
2005-11-09: Updated "Solution" section.
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