Google Desktop Search Remote Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	11541
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 26 2004 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 26 2004 12:00AM
Credit:	Discovery of this issue is credited to "Salvatore Aranzulla" <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable:	Google Desktop Search BETA
Not Vulnerable:

Google Desktop Search Remote Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Google Desktop Search is reportedly affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly sanitize HTML tag content.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary client-side script code in an unsuspecting user's browser, facilitating theft of cookie-based authentication credentials and other attacks.

Google Desktop Search Remote Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

No exploit is required to leverage this issue. The following proof of concept has been made available:

In the following URI the '<targetWebSite>' must be replaced with an arbitrary Web site:
http://<targetWebSite>/search?q=txt&meta="><script>alert("BUG")</script><a = "

Google Desktop Search Remote Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Google Desktop Search Remote Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Bug Google Desktop Search ("Salvatore Aranzulla" )
  
• Google Desktop Search Home Page (Google)