[TYPO3-UG Russia] Fwd: [TYPO3-announce] TYPO3 Security Bulletin TYPO3-20080513-2: Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in extension Questionaire (pbsurvey)

[Michael Shigorin]

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Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 08:33:26 +0200
From: Henning Pingel <henning/typo3.org>
To: typo3-announce/lists.netfielders.de
Subject: [TYPO3-announce] TYPO3 Security Bulletin TYPO3-20080513-2: Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in extension Questionaire (pbsurvey)

Dear users of TYPO3,

It has been discovered that the extension Questionaire (pbsurvey) is
susceptible to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.

==== Component Type ====
Third party extension. This extension is not part of the TYPO3 default
installation.

==== Affected Versions ====
Version 1.2.0 and below

==== Vulnerability Type ====
Cross Site Scripting

==== Severity ====
Medium

==== Problem Description ====
Failing to filter user input the extension is susceptible to Cross Site
Scripting (XSS), making it possible to execute arbitrary JavaScript.

==== Solution ====
An updated version 1.2.1 is available from the TYPO3 extension manager 
and at <http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/pbsurvey/1.2.1/>

==== General advice ====
Follow the recommendations that are given in the TYPO3 Security Cookbook
[1]. If you haven't subscribed to the typo3-announce mailing list [2]
yet, please do so to receive future Security Bulletins via E-mail. All
TYPO3 security bulletins are available at the security team pages on
typo3.org [3].

==== Credits ====
Credits go to Stephan Jorek, who discovered the issue. Furthermore the
TYPO3 Security Team wishes to thank the author Patrick Broens for fixing
the issue.

Regards,
Henning Pingel
henning/typo3.org

[1]
<http://typo3.org/fileadmin/security-team/typo3_security_cookbook_v-0.5.pdf>
[2] <http://lists.netfielders.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/typo3-announce>
[3] <http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/>

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