Genium CMS "itemID" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

by Carol~ Moderator - 5/7/12 8:27 AM

In Reply to: VULNERABILITIES / FIXES - May 07, 2012 by Carol~ Moderator

Release Date : 2012-05-07

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

Software: Genium CMS

Description:
Vulnerability Lab has reported a vulnerability in Genium CMS, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed via the "itemID" parameter to galerie.php5 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.

Solution:
Filter malicious characters and character sequences using a proxy.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Vulnerability Lab.

Original Advisory:
http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=517

http://secunia.com/advisories/49067/