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[SA20929] AutoRank PHP "Keyword" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Tue Jul 04 2006 - 09:02:05 CDT


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TITLE:
AutoRank PHP "Keyword" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20929

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20929/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
AutoRank PHP 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/10800/

DESCRIPTION:
David "Aesthetico" Vieira-Kurz has reported a vulnerability in
AutoRank PHP, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct
cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "Keyword" parameter in search.php is not 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.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 3.0.2. Other versions
may also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
David "Aesthetico" Vieira-Kurz

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.majorsecurity.de/advisory/major_rls19.txt

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