My Amazon Store Manager search.php cross-site scripting

masm-search-xss (24230) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

My Amazon Store Manager is a PHP-based application for creating an Amazon.com e-commerce Web site. My Amazon Store Manager version 1.0, and possibly earlier versions, are vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the search.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the q parameter to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, allowing the attacker to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.


Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

My Amazon Store Manager version 1.0 in no longer available for download. Upgrade to the latest version of My Amazon Store Manager (ASM2), available from the Freekrai.net Web site. See References.

References:

  • Freekrai.net: My Amazon Store Manager.
  • BID-16312: My Amazon Store Manager Search.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
  • CVE-2006-0334: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in My Amazon Store Manager 1.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Keywords parameter. NOTE: some sources claim that the affected parameter is q, but the only public archive of the original researcher notification shows an XSS manipulation in Keywords.
  • OSVDB ID: 22626: My Amazon Store Manager search.php q Variable XSS
  • SA18535: My Amazon Store Manager "q" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-0252: My Amazon Store Manager q Variable Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Platforms Affected:

  • Freekrai.net My Amazon Store Manager 1.0

Reported:

Jan 19, 2006

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