bugtraq - Phorum 3.4 Cross Site Scripting

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Message-ID: <20030402131944.18760.qmail@www.securityfocus.com>
Date: 2 Apr 2003 13:19:44 -0000
From: Peter "Stöckli" <pcs@...media.net>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Phorum 3.4 Cross Site Scripting




Description:
It is possible to insert javascript code in a message and execute it.

1.) go to a phorum
2.) click on new topic
3.) enter any name
4.) enter any email
5.) enter a title in the way like this ">&lt;script&gt;alert
("Vulnerable");&lt;/script&gt;
6.) enter any text
7.) click the preview button
8.) click the send button on the top of the page

Solution:
Edit the source code to strip malicious characters from title or escape 
malicious characters using addslashes().