LabWiki search.php cross-site scripting
| labwiki-search-xss (26988) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
LabWiki 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 a search query string 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:
- LabWiki, LabWiki 1.0
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sun Jun 04 2006 - 21:46:18 CDT , LabWiki v1.0 at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0786.html.
- LabWiki Web page, PHP Labware - Home at http://www.bioinformatics.org/phplabware/labwiki/.
- BID-18288: PHP Labware LabWiki Search.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-2968: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in PHP Labware LabWiki 1.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search input box (query parameter).
- OSVDB ID: 26597: LabWiki search.php query Variable XSS
- SECTRACK ID: 1016227: LabWiki Input Validation Hole in `search.php` Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Reported:
Jun 04, 2006
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