ScriptsEZ Chemical Dictionary Dictionary.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	18337
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 08 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Jun 09 2006 03:26PM
Credit:	luny is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	ScriptsEZ.net Chemical Dictionary 0
Not Vulnerable:

ScriptsEZ Chemical Dictionary Dictionary.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Chemical Dictionary 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 execute 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.

ScriptsEZ Chemical Dictionary Dictionary.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

This issue can be exploited through a web client.

ScriptsEZ Chemical Dictionary Dictionary.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]:[email protected]

ScriptsEZ Chemical Dictionary Dictionary.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Vendor Homepage (ScriptsEZ.net)
  
• Chemical Directory - XSS (luny)