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Xoops viewtopic.php Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Detect Xoops viewtopic.php XSS

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote web server contains a PHP script that is prone to cross-
site scripting attacks.

Description :

The weblinks module of XOOPS contains a file named 'viewtopic.php' in
the '/modules/newbb' directory. The code of the module insufficently
filters out user provided data. The URL parameter used by
'viewtopic.php' can be used to insert malicious HTML and/or JavaScript
in to the web page.

See also :

http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Jan/1008849.html

Solution :

Unknown at this time.

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 2
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/A:N/I:N/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 9497

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak

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