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Namazu "namazu.cgi" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA13600
Release Date: 2004-12-21
Last Update: 2005-01-06
Popularity: 12,112 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Namazu 2.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2004-1318


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Namazu, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to "namazu.cgi" isn't properly sanitised before being returned to the user if the query begins from a tab ("%09"). This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of a vulnerable site.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 2.0.13 and prior.

Solution:
Update to version 2.0.14.
http://namazu.org/#download

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.

Changelog:
2005-01-06: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://namazu.org/security.html


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