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Saba "username" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA32469
Release Date: 2008-10-30
Popularity: 731 views

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

Software:Saba 2.x

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Description:
The-0utl4w has reported a vulnerability in Saba, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "username" parameter in usercp.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 reported in version 2.0. Other versions may also be affected.

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

Provided and/or discovered by:
The-0utl4w

Original Advisory:
http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0810-exploits/saba-xss.txt


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