PostNuke 0.723 - 'user.php' UNAME Cross-Site Scripting

Author: David F. Madrid
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 
date_added: 2003-06-13 
date_updated: 2012-11-17 
verified: 1 
codes: OSVDB-2137 
tags: 
aliases:  
screenshot_url:  
application_url: 

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7901/info

The PostNuke 'user.php' script does not sufficiently sanitize data supplied via URI parameters, making it prone to cross-site scripting attacks. This could allow for execution of hostile HTML and script code in the web client of a user who visits a web page that contains the malicious code.

Exploitation could allow for theft of cookie-based authentication credentials. Other attacks are also possible.

http://www.server.com/user.php?op=confirmnewuser&module=NS-NewUser&uname=%22
%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22javascript:alert(document.cookie);%22%3E&email=lucas@pelu
cas.com