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[SA32996] W3matter RevSense "section" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Thu Dec 04 2008 - 18:30:05 CST


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TITLE:
W3matter RevSense "section" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32996

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32996/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
W3matter RevSense
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20537/

DESCRIPTION:
Pouya_Server has reported a vulnerability in W3matter RevSense, which
can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input passed to the "section" parameter in index.php is not 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
the context of an affected site.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Pouya_Server

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0812-exploits/revsense-sqlxss.txt

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