Cofax Search.HTM Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	15940
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 19 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Dec 19 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	Discovered by rakstija r0t3d3Vil.
Vulnerable:	Cofax Cofax 2.0 RC3
Not Vulnerable:

Cofax Search.HTM Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Cofax 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.

Cofax Search.HTM Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Proof of concept is available:
http://www.example.com/search.htm?searchstring2=&searchstring=[XSS]

Cofax Search.HTM 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]>.

Cofax Search.HTM Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Cofax Home Page (Cofax)
  
• Cofax XSS vuln (rakstija r0t3d3Vil)