Tendenci CMS search.asp cross-site scripting
| tendencicms-search-xss (40477) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Tendenci CMS is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the search.asp script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the category, searchtext, jobcategoryid, or contactcompany parameter to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
The Tendenci Blog reports that the vendor has updated the current Web version of this product to cover this vulnerability. See References.
References:
- Tendenci Blog: Cross Site Scripting.
- BID-27782: Tendenci CMS 'search.asp' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-0793: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in search.asp in Tendenci CMS allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) category, (2) searchtext, (3) jobcategoryid, (4) contactcompany, and unspecified other parameters. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: it is not clear whether this affects Tendenci Enterprise Edition in addition to the product's deployment on Tendenci's own server farm. If only the latter was affected, then this issue should not be included in CVE.
- SA28882: Tendenci CMS search.asp Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Tendenci Blog Tendenci CMS
Reported:
Feb 13, 2008
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