From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Fri Oct 19 2007 - 16:47:05 CDT

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TITLE:
WWWISIS IAH Module "exprSearch" Cross-Site Scripting

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27310

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27310/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
IAH 2.x (module for WWWISIS)
http://secunia.com/product/16213/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in the IAH (Interface for Access
of Health Information) module for WWWISIS, which can be exploited by
malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "exprSearch" parameter in iah.xis 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 is confirmed in version 2.6.3. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
JosS and an anonymous person

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/4529

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