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TITLE:
Mephisto "q" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24870

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24870/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Mephisto 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/13936/

DESCRIPTION:
Hanno Boeck has reported a vulnerability in Mephisto, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input passed to the "q" parameter in the search function is not
properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be
exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's
browser session in context of an affected site.

The vulnerability is reported in version 0.7.3. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Reportedly fixed in the SCM repository.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Hanno Boeck

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2007-1873-mephisto.txt

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