Saturday, October 23, 2010

sNews: XSS (Cross Site Scripting) Vulnerability

Users of sNews 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
sNews - SA - 10/19/2010: sNews - XSS vulnerability
Product: sNews
Vulnerability Type: XSS (Cross Site Scripting)
Vulnerability Details:

User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application.



The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "snews.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "website_title" 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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