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TITLE:
Habari "habari_username" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32311

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CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Habari 0.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20178/

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

Input passed via the "habari_username" parameter when logging in 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.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 0.5.1. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Filter malicious characters and character sequences in a proxy.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
swappie aka faithlove

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0810-exploits/habaricms-xss.txt

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