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mahara: insufficient input sanitization

Package(s):mahara CVE #(s):CVE-2009-0664
Created:April 23, 2009 Updated:April 29, 2009
Description: Mahara has an insufficient input sanitization vulnerability. From the Debian alert: It was discovered that mahara, an electronic portfolio, weblog, and resume builder, is prone to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks because of missing input sanitization of the introduction text field in user profiles and any text field in a user view.
Alerts:
Debian DSA-1778-1 2009-04-22
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