LabWiki Multiple Cross-site Scripting (XSS) and Shell Upload Vulnerabilities

Summary
This host is running LabWiki and is prone to multiple cross-site scripting and shell upload vulnerabilities.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of affected website and to upload arbitrary PHP files with '.gif' extension. Impact Level: Application
Solution
Update to version 1.2 or later, For updates refer to http://www.bioinformatics.org/phplabware/labwiki/index.php
Insight
The flaws are due to an, - Input passed to the 'from' parameter in index.php is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. - Input passed to the 'page_no' parameter in recentchanges.php is noti properly sanitised before being returned to the user. - Input passed to the 'userfile' POST parameter in edit.php is not properly verified before being used to upload files.
Affected
LabWiki version 1.1 and prior.
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