Secunia Security Advisory - Kanedaaa has reported a vulnerability in DirectAdmin, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks.
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TITLE:
DirectAdmin Log Viewer Script Insertion Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24728
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24728/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
DirectAdmin 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/9646/
DESCRIPTION:
Kanedaaa has reported a vulnerability in DirectAdmin, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks.
The vulnerability is caused due to the log viewer not correctly
sanitising input before displaying it. This can be exploited to
execute arbitrary HTML and script code in an administrator's browser
session in context of an affected site.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.293.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.293 or later.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Kanedaaa
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.directadmin.com/features.php?id=760
http://kaneda.bohater.net/security/20070323-directadmin_persistant_xss_takeover_administrator_account.php
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