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[SA20441] OSADS Board Comments Script Insertion Vulnerability

2006-06-0500:00:00
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TITLE:
OSADS Board Comments Script Insertion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20441

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20441/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
OSADS 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/10329/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in OSADS, which can be exploited
by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks.

Input passed in board comments is not properly sanitised before being
used. This can be exploited to insert arbitrary HTML and script code,
which is executed in a user's browser session in context of a
vulnerable site when a malicious comment is viewed.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.3. Prior versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.4.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=422081


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