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"From 2007 to 2009 vulnerabilities in a typical end-user PC almost doubled from about 220 to 420."

Non-Microsoft software to blame for increase in vulnerabilities affecting typical Windows end-users, read more:

http://secunia.com/gfx/pdf/Secunia_Half_Year_Report_2010.pdf


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TITLE:
SPIP "var_login" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40745

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/40745/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=40745

RELEASE DATE:
2010-08-05

DISCUSS ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/40745/#comments

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http://secunia.com/advisories/40745/

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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=40745

ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI:
 * AUTOMATED SCANNING

http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/

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

Input passed via the "var_login" parameter through spip.php (if
"page" is set to "informer_auteur") to
prive/informer_auteur_fonctions.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 website.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.1.0 (15608). Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Fixed in the SVN repository.

Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
dotsafe.fr

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.dotsafe.fr/advisories/4/fr/SPIP_2.1_-_XSS

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

DEEP LINKS:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED SOLUTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXPLOIT:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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