[SA19052] MyPHPNuke Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

TITLE:
MyPHPNuke Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19052

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CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
myPHPNuke 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/1119/

DESCRIPTION:
Mustafa Can Bjorn has reported some vulnerabilities in MyPHPNuke,
which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site
scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "letter" parameter in reviews.php and "dcategory"
parameter in download.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 context of an affected
site.

The vulnerabilities have been reported in version 1.8.8_7. Prior
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.8.8_8 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Mustafa Can Bjorn "nukedx a.k.a nuker"

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MyPHPNuke:
http://www.myphpnuke.com/article.php?sid=1035&mode=thread&order=0

Mustafa Can Bjorn:
http://www.nukedx.com/?viewdoc=12

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