From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Fri Jul 31 2009 - 16:24:03 CDT

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TITLE:
XOOPS "op" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA36109

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/36109/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in XOOPS, which can be exploited
by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed via the "op" parameter to modules/pm/viewpmsg.php is not
properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be
exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a logged-in
user's browser session in context of an affected site.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.3.3. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Fixed in the SVN repository.
http://xoops.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xoops/XoopsCore/trunk/htdocs/modules/pm/viewpmsg.php?r1=2621&r2=3292

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Sense of Security Labs

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.senseofsecurity.com.au/research/it-security-advisories.php

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