Simple PHP Blog search cross-site scripting
| simple-php-blog-search-xss (20121) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Simple PHP Blog is vulnerable to cross-site scripting caused by improper validation of user-supplied information. A remote attacker could embed malicious script in a URL request to the search.php script which, once the link is clicked, would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- Alexander Palmo, Simple PHP Blog 0.4.0
Remedy:
No remedy available as of October 11, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Apr 15 2005 - 01:29:11 CDT , Vulnerabilities in sphpblog at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-04/0232.html.
- Simple PHP Blog - Project Homepage, Simple PHP Blog - Project Homepage at http://www.simplephpblog.com/index.php.
- BID-13170: SPHPBlog Search.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2005-1135: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php for Simple PHP Blog (sphpBlog) 0.4.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the q parameter.
Reported:
Apr 13, 2005
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