TITLE:
HTML::BBCode Script Insertion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18905

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18905/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
HTML::BBCode 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/8100/

DESCRIPTION:
Aliaksandr Hartsuyeu has reported a vulnerability in HTML::BBCode,
which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script
insertion attacks.

Input passed in the "[url]" and "[img]" BBcode tags isn't properly
sanitised before being converted to HTML. This can be exploited to
execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in
context of an affected website.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.04 and prior, and
potentially affects Perl applications that uses the module to convert
BBcode tags.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.05.
http://menno.b10m.net/perl/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Aliaksandr Hartsuyeu

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://evuln.com/vulns/80/summary.html
http://menno.b10m.net/perl/HTML-BBCode/Changes

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