Sunday, September 19, 2010

AContent: XSS (Cross Site Scripting) vulnerability

Users of AContent please be advised of a XSS (Cross Site Scripting) vulnerability that has been identified.

To view this vulnerability, possible remedies, and others please check out the Security Advisories at Critical Watch (http://criticalwatch.com/support/security-advisories.aspx)

Amplify’d from www.criticalwatch.com
HTB22597: [HTB22597] XSS vulnerability in AContent
Product: AContent
Vulnerability Type: Stored XSS (Cross Site Scripting)
Vulnerability Details:

User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application.



The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "home/editor/edit_content.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "body_text" variable. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data.
Read more at www.criticalwatch.com
 

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