MS Comment 0.8.0b for Joomla, a commenting plugin, suffers from an multiple vulnerabilities.

1. Captcha Cracking

   The submission uses AJAX and fails to reset the captcha after a submission. Read once, write many.

2. Website Input XSS

   The 'Website' input field is checked for html markup, but fails to sanitize extra parameters.

   " onmouseover="alert(String.fromCharCode(88,83,83))

   " style="color:expression(alert(String.fromCharCode(88,83,83)))

   Timeline

   • Vulnerabilities Discovered: 31 July 2009
   • Vendor Notified: 31 July 2009
   • Vendor Response: ... 2009
   • Update Available: ... 2009
   • Disclosure: 17 September 2009