Secunia Security Advisory - SkyOut has reported some vulnerabilities in SF-Shoutbox, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks.
13ad2ae1b2ff17ec02ac63559a2dd8a499b2f117b5e1baf1a154abd5d5894623
----------------------------------------------------------------------
2003: 2,700 advisories published
2004: 3,100 advisories published
2005: 4,600 advisories published
2006: 5,300 advisories published
How do you know which Secunia advisories are important to you?
The Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence Solutions allows you to filter
and structure all the information you need, so you can address issues
effectively.
Get a free trial of the Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence Solutions:
http://corporate.secunia.com/how_to_buy/38/vi/?ref=secadv
----------------------------------------------------------------------
TITLE:
SF-Shoutbox "nick" and "shout" Script Insertion Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27487
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27487/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
SF-Shoutbox 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/16435/
DESCRIPTION:
SkyOut has reported some vulnerabilities in SF-Shoutbox, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks.
Input passed to the parameters "nick" and "shout" are 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 an affected site if malicious data is viewed.
The vulnerability is reported in version 1.4. Other versions may also
be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
Use another product.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
SkyOut
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.smash-the-stack.net/articles/SF-Shoutbox_Injection_Advisory.txt
----------------------------------------------------------------------
About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.
Subscribe:
http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/
Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/
Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.
----------------------------------------------------------------------