XSS Vulnerabilities in phpFreeChat

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Information
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Name :  XSS Vulnerabilities in phpFreeChat
Software :  phpFreeChat 1.4 and possibly below.
Vendor Homepage :  http://www.phpfreechat.net
Vulnerability Type :  Cross-Site Scripting
Severity :  Critical
Researcher :  Mesut Timur
Advisory Reference :  NS-12-010

Description
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phpFreeChat is a free, simple to install, fast, customizable and multi
languages chat that uses a simple filesystem for message and nickname
storage.

Details
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phpFreeChat is affected by XSS vulnerabilities in version 1.4.

Example PoC urls are as follows :
http://example.com/demo/demo21_with_hardcoded_urls.php?'"­­--></style></script><script>alert(0x000A26)</script>
http://example.com/demo/demo2_simple_with_params.php?'"­­--></style></script><script>alert(0x000855)</script>

You can read the full article about Cross-Site Scripting
vulnerabilities from here :

Cross-site Scripting
Solution
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The vendor fixed this vulnerability in the new version. Please see the
references.

Advisory Timeline
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29/06/2012 - First contact: No reply
14/08/2012 - Second contact: Sent the vulnerability details
24/09/2012 - Ask for patch/fix: No reply
02/10/2012 - Vulnerability Released

Credits
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It has been discovered on testing of Netsparker, Web Application
Security Scanner - http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/netsparker/.

References
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Vendor Url / Patch : -
MSL Advisory Link :
http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/xss-vulnerabilities-in-phpfreechat/
Netsparker Advisories : http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/netsparker-advisories/

About Netsparker
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