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TITLE:
Piwik "form_url" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39666

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39666/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Piwik, which can be exploited
by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "form_url" parameter in index.php 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 confirmed in version 0.5.5. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.6 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://piwik.org/blog/2010/04/piwik-0-6-security-advisory/

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