TITLE:
Alkacon OpenCms "query" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20251

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20251/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Alkacon OpenCms 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/6531/

DESCRIPTION:
Jaime Blasco has reported a vulnerability in Alkacon OpenCms, which
can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input passed to the "query" parameter in "search.html" 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 reported in versions 6.0.0, 6.0.2, and
6.0.3. Other versions may also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Jaime Blasco

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.eazel.es/media/advisory002-OpenCms-Xml-Content-Demo-search-engine-Cross-site-scripting.html

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