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[Full-Disclosure] XSS in yacy 0.31

From: Donato Ferrante (fdonatoautistici.org)
Date: Fri Dec 24 2004 - 08:52:36 CST

                           Donato Ferrante

Application: yacy
              http://www.yacy.net

Version: 0.31

Bug: cross site scripting

Date: 24-Dec-2004

Author: Donato Ferrante
              e-mail: fdonatoautistici.org
              web: www.autistici.org/fdonato

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1. Description
2. The bug
3. The code
4. The fix

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1. Description:
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Vendor's Description:

"YACY: a Java Freeware Open-Source Caching HTTP Proxy and Global
P2P-Based Search Engine"

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2. The bug:
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The input strings, into some field, are not filtered by the server so
they will appear in the returned page.

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3. The code:
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To test the vulnerability, try for example:

1.
   http://[host]:8080/index.html?urlmaskfilter=[XSS]
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2.
   http://[host]:8080/Wiki.html?page=[XSS]
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4. The fix:
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Bug fixed in the version 0.32.

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