Secunia Security Advisory - 0a29406d9794e4f9b30b3c5d6702c708 has discovered a vulnerability in the Mass Acknowledgement Component for Nagios XI, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
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TITLE:
Nagios XI Mass Acknowledgement Component URL Cross-Site Scripting
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47274
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-12-16
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DESCRIPTION:
0a29406d9794e4f9b30b3c5d6702c708 has discovered a vulnerability in
the Mass Acknowledgement Component for Nagios XI, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.
Input appended to the URL after
includes/components/massacknowledge/mass_ack.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 confirmed in version 1.2. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
0a29406d9794e4f9b30b3c5d6702c708
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
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