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TITLE:
MetaLib Keyword Search Cross-Site Scripting

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26162

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26162/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
MetaLib 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/14837/

DESCRIPTION:
Matthew Cook has reported a vulnerability in MetaLib, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input passed to unknown parameters related to keyword searches in
unspecified scripts 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.

Successful exploitation requires knowledge of a valid resource ID.

The vulnerability is related to:
SA26041

The vulnerability is reported in version 3.13. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Filter malicious characters and character sequences in a web proxy.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Matthew Cook

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://escarpment.net/exlibris.txt

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26041:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26041/

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