Wrensoft Zoom Search Engine search.php cross-site scripting

zoom-search-xss (13431)

Medium Risk

Description:

Zoom Search Engine is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper filtering of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could embed malicious script in the info variable in a specially-crafted URL request to the search.php script, which would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site, once the link is clicked.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	2.8
Access Vector:	Remote
Access Complexity:	High
Authentication:	Not Required
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None
Temporal Score:	2.4
Exploitability:	High
Remediation Level:	Official-Fix
Report Confidence:	Confirmed

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of Zoom Search Engine (2.0 or later), available from the Zoom Web page. See References.

References:

• SecuriTeam Mailing List, Windows NT focus 15 Oct 2003: Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Wrensoft Zoom Search Engine.
• Zoom Web site: Zoom Search Engine - Add a custom search engine to your website.
• BID-8823: WrenSoft Zoom Search Engine Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
• CVE-2003-1498: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php for WRENSOFT Zoom Search Engine 2.0 Build 1018 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the zoom_query parameter.

Platforms Affected:

• Wrensoft Zoom Search Engine 2.0 Build 1018

Reported:

Oct 15, 2003

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