PostNuke Reviews Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	22119
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 18 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	Jan 19 2007 03:49AM
Credit:	Omid is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	PostNuke PostNuke CMS 0.764
Not Vulnerable:

PostNuke Reviews Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

PostNuke is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code execute in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

This issue affects version 0.764; other versions may also be vulnerable.

PostNuke Reviews Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim into following a malicious URI to exploit this issue.

PostNuke Reviews Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
This issue has been addressed in the latest CVS repository. Users are advised to contact the vendor for details on obtaining and applying the appropriate updates.

PostNuke Reviews Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• [Full-disclosure] The vulnerabilities festival ! (Omid)
  
• Index of /trunk/Historic/PostNuke7x/html/modules/Reviews (PostNUke)
  
• PostNuke Homepage (PostNuke Development Team)