WikkaWiki TextSearch.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	15860
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 14 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Dec 14 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	r0t is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	WikkaWiki WikkaWiki 1.1.6 .0
Not Vulnerable:

WikkaWiki TextSearch.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

WikkaWiki 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.

WikkaWiki TextSearch.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

An example URI has been provided:

http://www.example.com/TextSearch?phrase=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28%27r0t%27%29%3C%2Fscript%3E

WikkaWiki TextSearch.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]>.

WikkaWiki TextSearch.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• WikkaWiki Homepage (WikkaWiki)
  
• WikkaWiki XSS vuln. (r0t)