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foresite CMS "query" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA22648
Release Date: 2006-10-31
Last Update: 2006-11-02
Popularity: 4,717 views

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

Software:foresite CMS

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-5643


Description:
David Vieira-Kurz has reported a vulnerability in foresite CMS, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "query" parameter in search_de.html 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.

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

Provided and/or discovered by:
David Vieira-Kurz

Changelog:
2006-11-02: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://www.majorsecurity.de/index_2.php?major_rls=major_rls29


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