Secunia Logo
Netsikker nu! 2008
 
KeyWord Frequency Counter "url" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA17876
Release Date: 2005-12-06
Popularity: 4,369 views

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

Software:KeyWord Frequency Counter 1.x

Subscribe: Instant alerts on relevant vulnerabilities


Description:
r0t has discovered a vulnerability in KeyWord Frequency Counter, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "url" parameter 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 1.0. 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/2005/12/keyword-frequency-counter-v10-xss-vuln.html


Track this Secunia Advisory
Customers of the Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence solutions will automatically receive updates when new information regarding this advisory is released.

Read more about our Vulnerability Intelligence solutions and what they can do for you and your company.

About this Secunia Advisory
Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.

Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.
  
Latest Advisories

7th Oct, 2008
New advisories: 19
New vulnerabilities: 68
Updated advisories: 62

Moderately // 365 views
Debian update for php5
Moderately // 294 views
Atarone CMS Multiple Vulnerabilities
Moderately // 320 views
Debian update for squid
Less // 320 views
SUSE update for mercurial
Moderately // 370 views
SUSE update for openssh
Less // 299 views
Fedora update for mediawiki

Solutions | More...  


Send Feedback to Secunia
If you have new information regarding this Secunia advisory or a product in our database, please send it to us using either our web form or email us at vuln@secunia.com.

Ideas, suggestions, and other feedback are most welcome.

Most Popular - 3 Hours

1. Zeroboard Multiple Vulnerabilities // 55 views
2. Zeroboard Two Vulnerabilities // 50 views
3. phpBB BBcode "url" Script Insertion Vulnerability // 42 views
4. Juniper Products Neighbor Discovery Protocol Neighbor Solicitation Vulnerability // 39 views
5. phpBB "url" bbcode Script Insertion Vulnerability // 38 views
6. HP-UX NFS/ONCplus Denial of Service Vulnerability // 34 views
7. D-Bus "_dbus_validate_signature_with_reason()" Denial of Service // 30 views
8. SUSE update for openssh // 27 views
9. H-Sphere webshell4 Cross-Site Scripting and Request Forgery // 27 views
10. noName CMS "index.php" SQL Injection Vulnerabilities // 26 views