From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Mon Mar 27 2006 - 04:02:05 CST

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TITLE:
Absolute FAQ Manager "question" Cross-Site Scripting

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19396

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19396/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Absolute FAQ Manager .NET 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/8932/

DESCRIPTION:
r0t has reported a vulnerability in Absolute FAQ Manager, which can
be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input passed to the "question" parameter when performing a search
isn't 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.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 4.0. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
r0t

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://pridels.blogspot.com/2006/03/absolute-faq-manager-net-xss-vuln.html

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