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Habari "habari_username" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA32311
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Release Date:
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2008-10-17
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Last Update:
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2008-10-22
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Popularity:
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1,694 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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Unpatched
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| Software: | Habari 0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-4601
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Description:
swappie has discovered a vulnerability in Habari, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed via the "habari_username" parameter when logging in 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 vulnerability is confirmed in version 0.5.1. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Filter malicious characters and character sequences in a proxy.
Provided and/or discovered by:
swappie aka faithlove
Changelog:
2008-10-22: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0810-exploits/habaricms-xss.txt
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