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ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer "searchText" Cross-Site Scripting
Secunia Advisory: SA29524
Release Date: 2008-03-25
Last Update: 2008-04-01
Popularity: 2,400 views

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

Software:ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer 5.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-1538


Description:
Yogesh Kulkarni has reported a vulnerability in ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "searchText" parameter in searchAction.do 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.

The vulnerability is reported in version 5. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Filter malicious characters and character sequences in a web proxy.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Yogesh Kulkarni

Changelog:
2008-04-01: Added CVE reference.


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