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TITLE:
mvnForum "QuickReply" Script Insertion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30091

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
mvnForum 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/10650/

DESCRIPTION:
Christian Holler has reported a vulnerability in mvnForum, which can
be exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks.

Input passed via the subject when creating a new thread or replying
to a thread is not properly sanitised before being used. This can be
exploited to insert arbitrary HTML and script code, which will be
executed in a user's browser session in context of an affected site
when the "quick reply" button is clicked.

The vulnerability is reported in version 1.1. Other versions may also
be affected.

SOLUTION:
Fixed in the CVS repository.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Christian Holler

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://users.own-hero.net/~decoder/advisories/mvnforum-jsxss.txt

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