TITLE:
XMB "Your Current Mood" Script Insertion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17642

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17642/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting, Exposure of system information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
XMB 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/1491/

DESCRIPTION:
trueend5 has discovered a vulnerability in XMB, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks.

Input passed to the "Your Current Mood" field when registering for an
account isn't properly sanitised before being used. This can be
exploited to inject arbitrary HTML and script code, which will be
executed in a user's browser session in context of an affected site
when the malicious user data is viewed.

This may be related to:
SA14701

It is also possible to disclose the full path to certain scripts by
accessing them directly.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.9.3 and has also
been reported in prior versions. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
trueend5, Security Science Researchers Institute Of Iran

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://irannetjob.com/content/view/163/28/

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA14701:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14701/

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