Joomla! Component ProofReader 1.0 RC9 - Cross-Site Scripting

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2009-4112  
Publish Date: 16 Nov 2009
Author: MustLive
                source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37145/info

The Joomla! ProofReader component is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

The issue affects ProofReader 1.0 RC9 and prior. 

The following proof-of-concept URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/1";alert(document.cookie);//
http://www.example.com/page?";alert(document.cookie);//