TITLE:
CuteNews "archive" Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12260

VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/12260/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
CuteNews 0.x
https://secunia.com/product/1148/
CuteNews 1.x
https://secunia.com/product/1798/

DESCRIPTION:
Debasis Mohanty has reported a vulnerability in CuteNews, which can
be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input passed to the "archive" parameter in "show_archives.php" is not
sanitised properly before being returned to users. This can be
exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's
browser session in context of an affected website by tricking the
user into visiting a malicious website or follow a specially crafted
link.

Example:
https://[host]/show_archives.php?archive=[code]&subaction=list-archive&

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.3.1. Other versions
may also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Debasis Mohanty

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