Bugtraq: XSS in Slashcode

[gcsb <gcsbnz () yahoo com>]

There is a nasty Cross Site Scripting(XSS) vuln in
Slashcode. This was used a day or so go on
slashdot.org and resulted in most of the site being
taken down for an hour or so. The maintainers of
slashcode have patched the problem in CVS but have not
even mentioned it anywhere that I can find. This
leaves all sites using slash vulnerable to this
exploit.

An example exploit (incomplete) is as follows:

<p &gt; onMouseOver..insert javascript here...>

I am dissapointed that the slachcode maintainers have
silently fixed this on slashdot.org yet made no
mention of the problem elsewhere so that other sites
can patch themselves. No wonder there are so many
"trolls" on slashdot.org...ah well.

If you run a site using slashcode, get the latest CVS.

That is all. Move along. 


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