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vendor:
PaNews
by:
SecurityFocus
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Cross-Site Scripting
79
CWE
Product Name: PaNews
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Affected Version To: N/A
Patch Exists: N/A
Related CWE: N/A
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2004

PaNews Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

PaNews is reportedly affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue exists because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. As a result of this vulnerability, it is possible for a remote attacker to create a malicious link containing script code that will be executed in the browser of an unsuspecting user when followed. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to ensure that user-supplied data is properly sanitized.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12576/info

PaNews is reportedly affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue exists because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

As a result of this vulnerability, it is possible for a remote attacker to create a malicious link containing script code that will be executed in the browser of an unsuspecting user when followed. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks. 

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