SiteSearch Indexer Searchresults.ASP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	17332
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 31 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 03 2006 04:03PM
Credit:	r0t is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	marcreed.com SiteSearch Indexer 3.5
Not Vulnerable:

SiteSearch Indexer Searchresults.ASP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SiteSearch Indexer 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 help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

SiteSearch Indexer Searchresults.ASP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

This issue can be exploited through a web client.

An example URI has been provided:

http://www.example.com/search/searchresults.asp?searchField=[XSS]

SiteSearch Indexer Searchresults.ASP 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]:[email protected]

SiteSearch Indexer Searchresults.ASP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• SiteSearch Indexer 3.5 XSS vuln. (r0t)
  
• SiteSearch Indexer Web Site (marcreed.com)