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[SA18217] WANDSOFT e-SEARCH "keywords" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Thu Dec 22 2005 - 14:02:06 CST


TITLE:
WANDSOFT e-SEARCH "keywords" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18217

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18217/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
WANDSOFT e-SEARCH
http://secunia.com/product/6656/

DESCRIPTION:
r0t has reported a vulnerability in WANDSOFT e-SEARCH, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input passed to the "keywords" parameter when performing a search
isn't properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can
be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's
browser session in context of an affected site.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
r0t

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://pridels.blogspot.com/2005/12/wandsoft-e-search-xss-vuln.html

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