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TITLE:
PHP-Nuke Pabox Module Script Insertion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14474

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14474/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Pabox 1.x (module for PHP-Nuke)
http://secunia.com/product/4739/

DESCRIPTION:
Rift has reported a vulnerability in the Pabox module for PHP-Nuke,
which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script
insertion attacks.

Input passed to the "date" and "time" parameters in "thebox.php" is
not properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to
inject arbitrary HTML and script code, which will be executed in a
user's browser session in context of an affected site when the
malicious entry in the shoutbox is viewed.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.6. Other versions
may also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Rift

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