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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:
PHPKIT Cross-Site Scripting and Cross-Site Request Forgery

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40754

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-07-27

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DESCRIPTION:
David Vieira-Kurz has discovered some vulnerabilities in PHPKIT,
which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site
scripting and cross-site request forgery attacks.

1) Input passed via the "searchtext" parameter to pk/include.php
(when "path" is set to "contentarchive") 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) The application allows users to perform certain actions via HTTP
requests without performing any validity checks to verify the
requests. This can be exploited to e.g. perform administrative
actions, such as changing the guestbook settings, when a logged-in
administrative user visits a specially crafted web page.

This can further be exploited to e.g. conduct script insertion
attacks via the "gbook_welcome" parameter.

The vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 1.6.5. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised. Do
not follow untrusted links or visit untrusted web sites while being
logged-in to the administrative interface of the application.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
David Vieira-Kurz, MajorSecurity

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MajorSecurity:
http://www.majorsecurity.net/phpkit-wcms-xss.php
http://www.majorsecurity.net/phpkit-wcms-xss-stored.php

OTHER REFERENCES:
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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EXPLOIT:
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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