ESyndiCat Search.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	20106
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 19 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 20 2006 05:46PM
Credit:	meto5757 is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	eSyndiCat eSyndiCat 1.5
Not Vulnerable:

ESyndiCat Search.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

eSyndiCat is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input data.

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.

Version 1.5 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

ESyndiCat Search.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via a web client.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/[path]/search.php?what=[xss]&search_top.x=0&search_top.y=0&search_top=GO

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

ESyndiCat Search.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Vendor Homepage (eSyndiCat)
  
• eSyndiCat Portal System XSS Vuln. ([email protected])