phpList 'footer' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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HTTPCS Advisory : HTTPCS25
Product : phpList
Version : 2.10.18
Date : 2012-07-09
Criticality level : Less Critical
Description : A vulnerability has been discovered in phpList, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks. Input
passed via the 'footer' parameter to '/lists/admin/?page=send&id=1&tab=Content'
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.
Page : /lists/admin/?page=send&id=1&tab=Content
Variables : sendtest=Send Test Message&workaround_fck_bug=1&save=Save Message as
Draft&id=1&expand=0&footer=[VulnHTTPCS]
Type : XSS
Method : POST
Solution :
References : https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs25
Credit : HTTPCS [Web Vulnerability Scanner]

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