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.
Platforms Affected:
- Wrensoft, Zoom Search Engine 2.0 Build 1018
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Zoom Search Engine (2.0 or later), available from the Zoom Web page. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- SecuriTeam Mailing List, Windows NT focus 15 Oct 2003, Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Wrensoft Zoom Search Engine at http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/6Y00B1F8KC.html.
- Zoom Web site, Zoom Search Engine - Add a custom search engine to your website at http://www.wrensoft.com/zoom/index.html.
- 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.
Reported:
Oct 15, 2003
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