Secunia Security Advisory - knull has reported a vulnerability in the Blogs MU theme for BuddyPress, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks.
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TITLE:
BuddyPress Blogs MU Theme Profile CSS Script Insertion Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46156
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-10-30
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DESCRIPTION:
knull has reported a vulnerability in the Blogs MU theme for
BuddyPress, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct
script insertion attacks.
Input passed in the customised profile CSS is not properly sanitised
before being displayed to the user. This can be exploited to insert
arbitrary HTML and script code, which will be executed in a user's
browser session in context of an affected site when the malicious
profile is being viewed.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.2.9.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.2.9.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
knull
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