---------------------------------------------------------------------- Secunia is pleased to announce the release of the annual Secunia report for 2008. Highlights from the 2008 report: * Vulnerability Research * Software Inspection Results * Secunia Research Highlights * Secunia Advisory Statistics Request the full 2008 Report here: http://secunia.com/advisories/try_vi/request_2008_report/ Stay Secure, Secunia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Mahara Cross-Site Scripting and PHP Code Execution Vulnerabilities SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA34789 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/34789/ DESCRIPTION: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Mahara, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks and potentially compromise a vulnerable system. 1) Certain unspecified input passed to the "introduction" user profile field and certain text blocks in user views 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. 2) A vulnerability is caused due to the use of a vulnerable version of the chuggnutt.com "HTML to Plain Text Conversion" PHP class. For more information: SA33145 Vulnerability #1 is reported in versions prior to 1.0.11 and 1.1.3. Vulnerability #2 is reported in 1.1.x versions prior to 1.1.3, the 1.0 branch is not affected. SOLUTION: Update to version 1.0.11 or 1.1.3. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Reported by the vendor. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: 1) http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=532 2) http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=533 OTHER REFERENCES: SA33145: http://secunia.com/advisories/33145/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------