YACY Wiki.html script cross-site scripting
| yacy-wiki-xss (18690) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
YACY is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation in the Wiki.html script. A remote attacker could embed a malicious script in a URL request to the Wiki.html script, which would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site, once the link is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to obtain a user's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- YaCy, YaCy 0.31
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of YACY (0.32 or later), available from the YACY Download Web page. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Dec 24 2004 - 08:52:36 CST, XSS in yacy 0.31 at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-12/0413.html.
- YACY Download Web page, Download at http://www.yacy.net/yacy/Download.html.
- BID-12104: YACY Peer-To-Peer Search Engine Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2004-2651: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in YaCy before 0.32 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) urlmaskfilter parameter to index.html or the (2) page parameter to Wiki.html.
- OSVDB ID: 12630: YACY Wiki.html page Variable XSS
- SECTRACK ID: 1012686: YACY Input Validation Hole Lets Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Reported:
Dec 24, 2004
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