newsPHP Comment Feature HTML Injection Vulnerability

BID:7834

Info

newsPHP Comment Feature HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7834
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 06 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 06 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability credited to morning_wood [email protected].
Vulnerable: newsPHP newsPHP
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

newsPHP Comment Feature HTML Injection Vulnerability

newsPHP is prone to HTML injection attacks. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of malicious HTML code in user-supplied comments.

HTML and script code may be echoed back when an existing user views any malicious comments. It is possible that code injected through this issue could be displayed and rendered by other newsPHP forum users.

Solution / Fix

newsPHP Comment Feature HTML Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has stated that this issue has been fixed. Users are advised to contact the vendor for further details.

References

newsPHP Comment Feature HTML Injection Vulnerability

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