eventum issue tracking system 2.3.1 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

Author: Saif El-Sherei
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 
date_added: 2011-02-19 
date_updated: 2011-02-19 
verified: 0 
codes: OSVDB-70966 
tags: 
aliases:  
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application_url: http://www.exploit-db.comeventum-2.3.1.tar.gz

# Exploit Title: Eventum 2.3.1 stored XSS
# Date: 19-2-2011
# Author: Saif El-Sherei
# Software Link: https://code.launchpad.net/eventum
# Version: Eventum 2.3.1
# Tested on: FF 3.0.15, IE 8
# Vendor notification: vendor notified, awaiting response

Info:

Eventum is a user-friendly and flexible issue tracking system that can be used by a support department to track incoming technical support requests, or by a software development team to quickly organize tasks and bugs.

Details:

The "Full-Name" variable is not properly sanitized before displayed in any page. where an authorized user can perform this attack on other users who has access to the system, by changing his own "full-name" in the preferences section.

POC:

<script>alert('w00t');</script>