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Sphider Suggestion Feature "query" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA30082
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Release Date:
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2008-05-08
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Sphider 1.x
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Description:
Christian Holler has reported a vulnerability in Sphider, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed to the "query" parameter in search.php when the suggestion feature is enabled is not properly sanitised before being returned to a 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 affects versions prior to 1.3.4.
Solution:
Update to version 1.3.4.
http://www.sphider.eu/download.php
Provided and/or discovered by:
Christian Holler
Original Advisory:
Christian Holler:
http://users.own-hero.net/~decoder/advisories/sphider134-xss.txt
Sphider:
http://www.sphider.eu/forum/read.php?2,4121
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2 Related Secunia Security Advisories
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1. Sphider Multiple Vulnerabilities
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2. Sphider "settings_dir" File Inclusion Vulnerability
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