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Achievo "atkaction" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA31973
Release Date: 2008-09-23
Popularity: 773 views

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

Software:Achievo 1.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Achievo, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "atkaction" parameter in dispatch.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 the context of an affected site.

This vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.3.2. Other versions may also be affected.

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

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by an anonymous person


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