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[SA38406] UltraBB "post_id" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Thu Feb 04 2010 - 13:17:11 CST

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TITLE:
UltraBB "post_id" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38406

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38406/

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

Input passed to the "post_id" parameter in view_post.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 context of an affected site.

The vulnerability is reported in version 1.17. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
s4r4d0

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1002-exploits/ultrabb-xss.txt

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