Sphider search.php cross-site scripting
| sphider-search-xss (26482) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Sphider 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 various parameters 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:
- Sphider, Sphider
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Sphider (1.3.1c or later), available from the Sphider Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue May 16 2006 - 04:39:48 CDT , Sphider Multiple Xss Vulnerabilities at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0306.html.
- Sphider Web page, Sphider - a lightweight search engine in PHP at http://www.cs.ioc.ee/~ando/sphider/.
- BID-17997: Sphider Search.PHP Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-2506: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in search.php in Sphider allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the PATH_INFO and (2) the category parameter.
- OSVDB ID: 25573: Sphider search.php category Variable XSS
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1845: Sphider Multiple Variable SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Reported:
May 16, 2006
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