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TITLE:
FireStats "fs_javascript" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40548

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-07-13

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DESCRIPTION:
Jelmer de Hen has reported a vulnerability in FireStats, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input passed via the "fs_javascript" parameter through
wp-admin/index.php (when used as WordPress plugin) to
firestats-wordpress.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 reported in versions prior to 1.6.5.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.6.5.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Jelmer de Hen

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Jelmer de Hen:
http://h.ackack.net/0day-wordpress-xss-in-firestats-plugin.html

FireStats bug #1357:
http://firestats.cc/ticket/1357

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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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