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TITLE:
miniBB "whatus" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30004

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30004/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
miniBB 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/5558/

DESCRIPTION:
IRCRASH has discovered a vulnerability in miniBB, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input passed to the parameter "whatus" in bb_admin.php is not
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.

Note: This may also be exploited to conduct SQL injection attacks.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.2a. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
IRCRASH

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