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[SA20903] AutoRank Pro "Username" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Tue Jul 04 2006 - 08:47:05 CDT


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TITLE:
AutoRank Pro "Username" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20903

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
AutoRank Pro 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/10820/

DESCRIPTION:
David "Aesthetico" Vieira-Kurz has reported a vulnerability in
AutoRank Pro, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct
cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "Username" parameter in admin/main.cgi is not
properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be
exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in an
administrator's browser session in context of an affected site.

The vulnerability has been reported in versions 5.0.1. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Filter malicious characters and character sequences with a web proxy.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
David "Aesthetico" Vieira-Kurz

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.majorsecurity.de/advisory/major_rls19.txt

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