Absolute Image Gallery XE 2.0 XSS vuln.

Absolute Image Gallery XE 2.0 XSS vuln.

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Vuln. discovered by : r0t
Date: 25 march 2006
vendor:http://www.xigla.com/absoluteig/index.htm
affected versions:V2.0 and prior
orginal advisory:
http://pridels.blogspot.com/2006/03/absolute-image-gallery-xe-20-xss-vuln.html
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Vuln. Description:

Absolute Image Gallery XE contains a flaw that allows a remote cross site
scripting attack. This flaw exists because input passed "shownew" paremter
in "gallery.asp" and parameters in search module isn't properly sanitised
before being returned to the user.
This could allow a user to create a specially crafted URL that would execute
arbitrary code in a user's browser within the trust relationship between the
browser and the server, leading to a loss of integrity.

1 example provided:

/gallery.asp?action=viewimage&categoryid=8&text
=&imageid=43&box=&shownew=[XSS]

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