Interact search.php cross-site scripting
| interact-search-xss (25652) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Interact is 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 search_terms 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.
Platforms Affected:
- Interact, Interact 2.1
- Interact, Interact 2.1.1
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Interact Web site, Interact Learning Community Environment at http://www.interactlms.org/spaces/space.php?space_key=1&javascript=1.
- BID-17385: Interact Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-1642: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Interact 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the search_terms parameter to (a) search.php, and (2) the first_name, (3) last_name, (4) email, (5) password, and (6) confirm_password parameters to (b) userinput.php. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained from third party. In addition, the lack of precision in the third party descriptions makes it unclear whether the named vectors are correct.
- OSVDB ID: 24389: Interact search.php search_terms Variable XSS
- OSVDB ID: 24461: Interact userinput.php Multiple Variable XSS
- SA19488: Interact Multiple Vulnerabilities and Weakness
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1244: Interact Multiple Remote SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Apr 05, 2006
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