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planetSearch+ "search_exp" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA19681
Release Date: 2006-04-17
Last Update: 2006-04-19
Popularity: 5,285 views

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

Software:planetSearch+

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-1801


Description:
d4igoro has reported a vulnerability in planetSearch+, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "search_exp" parameter in planetsearchplus.php is not properly sanitised before being returned to users. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of a vulnerable site.

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

Provided and/or discovered by:
d4igoro

Changelog:
2006-04-19: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://d4igoro.blogspot.com/2006/04/planetsearch-xss-vulnerabilities.html


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