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TITLE:
XOOPS xNews Module Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA42487

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-12-08

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DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been discovered in the xNews module for
XOOPS, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct
cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed e.g. via the URL to modules/xnews/article.php (when
"storyid" is set to a valid value) 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.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires that the "Use
enhanced page navigator" option is set and that "storyid" is set to a
news article making use of this functionality.

This is related to:
SA42349

The vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 1.71RC. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.71 Final.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Stefano Angaran, reported via Secunia.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
xNews:
http://www.2rcnova.net/news.articles.12/xNews-171-Final.html

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