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Plume CMS "dir" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA29116
Release Date: 2008-02-26
Last Update: 2008-02-29
Popularity: 3,135 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Plume CMS 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-1048


Description:
Omer Singer has discovered a vulnerability in Plume CMS, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

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

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.2.2. Other versions may also be affected.

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

Provided and/or discovered by:
Omer Singer, DigiTrust Group

Changelog:
2008-02-27: Corrected credits.
2008-02-29: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://www.digitrustgroup.com/advisories/web-application-security-plume-cms.html


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