Secunia Security Advisory - IMHOT3B has reported a vulnerability in Knusperleicht Shoutbox, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks.
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TITLE:
Knusperleicht Shoutbox shout.php Script Insertion Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23526
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23526/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Knusperleicht Shoutbox 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/12984/
DESCRIPTION:
IMHOT3B has reported a vulnerability in Knusperleicht Shoutbox, which
can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion
attacks.
Input passed to the "sbNick" parameter in shout.php is not properly
sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to insert
arbitrary HTML and script code, which is executed in a user's browser
session in context of affected site when the malicious data is
viewed.
The vulnerability is reported in version 2.6. Other versions may also
be affected.
SOLUTION:
Upgrade to version 4.4.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
IMHOT3B
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