Calendar Express Search.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	14505
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 08 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 08 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	aLMaSTeR HacKeR <[email protected]> is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	PHP Lite Calendar Express 2.2
Not Vulnerable:

Calendar Express Search.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Calendar Express is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code executed in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks.

Calendar Express Search.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept URI is available:
http://www.example.com/calendarexpress/search.php?allwords=<br><script>alert(document.cookie);</script>&cid=0&title=1&desc=1

Calendar Express Search.PHP 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]>.

Calendar Express Search.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Calendar Express Homepage (PHPLite)