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Last update:07 November 2007

Incident WHID 2006-41

WHID 2006-41: Making money with MySpace bulletin system!
Date: 16 June 2006
Incident Type: Security Breach
WASC Threat Classification: Abuse of Functionality, Cross-site Scripting

A bug in MySpace allowed a single click on an incoming bulletin by a person to forward it to all his contacts, making spreading a worm (or any content for that matter) too easy.

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