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TITLE:
MercuryBoard "title" Script Insertion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14679

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14679/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
MercuryBoard 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/4560/

DESCRIPTION:
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in MercuryBoard,
which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion
attacks.

Input passed to the "title" field when sending a PM to another user
is not properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to
execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in
context of an affected site when the malicious PM is viewed.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.1.2. Prior versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.1.3.
http://www.mercuryboard.com/index.php?a=downloads

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Secunia Research

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