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[SA10567] Phorum SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-adv
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Date: Wed Jan 07 2004 - 15:44:33 CST
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TITLE:
Phorum SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA10567
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://www.secunia.com/advisories/10567/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting, Manipulation of data, Exposure of system
information, Exposure of sensitive information
WHERE:
From remote
SOFTWARE:
Phorum 3.x
DESCRIPTION:
Calum Power has reported multiple vulnerabilities in Phorum, which
can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
and SQL injection attacks.
1) Insufficient input validation in the "phorum_check_xss()" function
in "common.php" can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script
code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
2) Insufficient sanitation of input supplied to the "EditError"
variable in "profile.php" and the "Error" variable in "login.php" can
also be exploited to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
3) Insufficient validation of input supplied in the "hide_email"
field in "register.php" can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by
inserting arbitrary SQL code.
The vulnerabilities have been reported in version 3.4.5 and prior.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 3.4.6:
http://phorum.org/downloads/phorum-3.4.6.tar.gz
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Calum Power
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