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>> @lex Guestbook "skin" Parameter Handling Client-Side Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Title : @lex Guestbook "skin" Parameter Handling Client-Side Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4807
CVE ID : CVE-2006-6278 - CVE-2006-6279
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-12-01


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A vulnerability has been identified in @lex Guestbook, which could be exploited by attackers to disclose sensitive information or execute arbitrary scripting code. This flaw is due to an input validation error in the "index.php" script when handling the "skin" parameter, which could be exploited by attackers to dislose the installation path or cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the user's browser in the security context of an affected Web site.

Affected Products

@lex Guestbook version 4.0.1 and prior

Solution

Upgrade to the latest version :
http://www.alexguestbook.net/downl.html

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4807

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Mr_KaLiMaN

ChangeLog

2006-12-01 : Initial release
2007-12-29 : Updated Solution

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