Sphider Search.PHP Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	17997
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2006-2506
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 16 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 06 2016 01:33PM
Credit:	Soot is credited with the discovery of these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerable:	Sphider Sphider 1.3
Not Vulnerable:

Sphider Search.PHP Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Sphider is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. These issues are due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage these issues 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.

Sphider Search.PHP Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

These issues can be exploited through a web client.

The following proof-of-concept URIs are available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/Sphider-0516-xss.txt

Sphider Search.PHP Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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]

Sphider Search.PHP Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

References:

• Sphider Homepage (Ando Saabas)
  
• Sphider Multiple Xss Vulnerabilities ([email protected])