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TITLE:
ASP Discussion Forum "search" Parameter Cross-Site Scripting

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20425

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20425/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
ASP Discussion Forum
http://secunia.com/product/10305/

DESCRIPTION:
omnipresent has discovered a vulnerability in ASP Discussion Forum,
which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site
scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "search" parameter in forum_search.asp isn't
properly sanitised before being returned to the user. 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 confirmed in the latest version.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
omnipresent

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://colander.altervista.org/advisory/ASPDisc.txt

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