====================================================================== Secunia Research 29/06/2010 - TaskFreak "tznMessage" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability - ====================================================================== Table of Contents Affected Software....................................................1 Severity.............................................................2 Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3 Description of Vulnerability.........................................4 Solution.............................................................5 Time Table...........................................................6 Credits..............................................................7 References...........................................................8 About Secunia........................................................9 Verification........................................................10 ====================================================================== 1) Affected Software * TaskFreak 0.6.3 NOTE: Other versions may also be affected. ====================================================================== 2) Severity Rating: Less Critical Impact: Cross Site Scripting Where: From remote ====================================================================== 3) Vendor's Description of Software "TaskFreak! Original is a simple but efficient web based task manager written in PHP." Product Link: http://www.taskfreak.com/original ====================================================================== 4) Description of Vulnerability Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in TaskFreak, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks. Input passed to the "tznMessage" parameter in logout.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. ====================================================================== 5) Solution Update to version 0.6.4. ====================================================================== 6) Time Table 10/06/2010 - Vendor notified. 10/06/2010 - Vendor response. 23/06/2010 - Requested a status update. 24/06/2010 - Vendor response. 28/06/2010 - Vendor releases fixed version. 29/06/2010 - Public disclosure. ====================================================================== 7) Credits Discovered by Secunia Research. ====================================================================== 8) References The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned CVE-2010-1520 for the vulnerability. ====================================================================== 9) About Secunia Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence relevant to their specific system configuration: http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/ Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory database as a service to the security community and private individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security. http://secunia.com/advisories/ Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the security and reliability of software in general: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below to see currently vacant positions: http://secunia.com/corporate/jobs/ Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories: http://secunia.com/advisories/mailing_lists/ ====================================================================== 10) Verification Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-78/ Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ ======================================================================