SNews Search_Query Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	19156
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jul 25 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 27 2006 04:57PM
Credit:	Ivan Markovic is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Solucija sNews 0
Not Vulnerable:

SNews Search_Query Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

sNews is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails 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.

SNews Search_Query Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a web client.

SNews Search_Query 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 if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected].

SNews Search_Query Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• sNews CMS XSS injection (Ivan Markovic)
  
• sNews Web Site (Solucija)