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TITLE:
LifeType "searchTerms" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30075

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30075/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
LifeType 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/9363/

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

Input passed to the "searchTerms" parameter in admin.php (if "op" is
set to "editArticleCategories") is not properly sanitised before
being returned to the administrator. 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 version 1.2.7. Prior versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.2.8.
http://lifetype.net/page/downloads

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
IRCRASH (Dr.Crash)

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lifetype.net/post/2008/05/04/lifetype-1.2.8-released

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