DataWatch Monarch Business Intelligence (BI) v5.1 client section stored cross-site scripting

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DataWatch Monarch BI v5.1 client section stored cross-site scripting 

Class:  Input Validation Error
Remote: Yes
Local:  No
Published: 26/06/2012
Credit: Raymond Rizk of Dionach Limited (vulns@xxxxxxxxxxx)

Vulnerable: DataWatch Monarch BI v5.1

DataWatch's  Monarch BI client section is prone to a stored cross-site 
scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied 
data.

An attacker may leverage these issues to execute arbitrary script code in the 
browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site, steal 
cookie-based authentication credentials, and obtain sensitive information.

DataWatch Monarch BI v5.1 is known to be vulnerable. Other versions may also be 
vulnerable.

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim into 
following a malicious URI, for example:

POST http://127.0.0.1/ESClient/jsp/prefoutact.jsp 
DecimalSeparator=.');alert(2);//


Vendor informed and a patch was released on 12/07/2012. Vendor recommends 
installing the latest security updates.