TITLE:
CakePHP error.php Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21383
VERIFY ADVISORY:
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CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
CakePHP 1.x
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in CakePHP, which can be exploited
by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed via the URL is not properly sanitised before being
returned in an "404 Not Found" error message in cake/libs/error.php.
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 has been reported in versions prior to 1.1.7.3363.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.1.7.3363 or later.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://cakeforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=124
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