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Joomla! "searchword" Cross-Site Scripting
Secunia Advisory: SA27196
Release Date: 2007-10-12
Last Update: 2008-01-04
Popularity: 11,202 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

Software:Joomla! 1.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
MustLive has discovered a vulnerability in Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "searchword" parameter in index.php (when "option" is set to "com_search") 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 that the victim changes the number of search results in a drop-down box, after having clicked on the malicious link.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.0.13. Other versions may also be affected.

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