Joomla! jNews Component "get-data" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA53428

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RELEASE DATE:
2013-05-16
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in the jNews component for
Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct
cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed via the "get-data" parameter to
/components/com_jnews/includes/openflashchart/open-flash-chart.swf 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.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 8.0.1. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
No official solution is currently available.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Deepankar Arora and Rafay Baloch.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/121623/Joomla-Jnews-8.0.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html