Bugtraq: Re: Phorum 3.4 Cross Site Scripting

[Brian Moon <brian () phorum org>]

In-Reply-To: <20030402131944.18760.qmail () www securityfocus com>

FYI, the versions prior to 3.4 did not have this problem.

Brian.
Phorum Dev Team

> From: Peter "Stöckli" <pcs () pcsmedia net>
> To: bugtraq () securityfocus com
> Subject: Phorum 3.4 Cross Site Scripting
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> Description:
> It is possible to insert javascript code in a message
and execute it.
> 1.) go to a phorum
> 2.) click on new topic
> 3.) enter any name
> 4.) enter any email
> 5.) enter a title in the way like this
">&lt;script&gt;alert
> ("Vulnerable");&lt;/script&gt;
> 6.) enter any text
> 7.) click the preview button
> 8.) click the send button on the top of the page
>
> Solution:
> Edit the source code to strip malicious characters
from title or escape 
> malicious characters using addslashes().