Secunia Security Advisory - r0t has discovered a vulnerability in SearchFeed Search Engine Script, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
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TITLE:
SearchFeed Search Engine Script "REQ" Cross-Site Scripting
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17715
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17715/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
SearchFeed Search Engine Script 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/6241/
DESCRIPTION:
r0t has discovered a vulnerability in SearchFeed Search Engine
Script, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct
cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed to the "REQ" 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.
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.3.2 and has also
been reported in prior versions. Other versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
r0t
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://pridels.blogspot.com/2005/11/searchfeed-search-engine-xss-vuln.html
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