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Date: Wed Jun 28 2006 - 06:32:05 CDT

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TITLE:
Metalhead Usenet Script "group" Cross-Site Scripting

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20872

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20872/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Metalhead Usenet Script 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/10675/

DESCRIPTION:
luny has reported a vulnerability in Metalhead Usenet Script, which
can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input passed to the "group" parameter in index.php is not properly
sanitised before being returned to the user via a SQL error message.
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 0.5. Prior versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.5.1.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
luny

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