Interspire FastFind Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	20380
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 27 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 10 2006 04:44PM
Credit:	Mizo is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Interspire FastFind 0
Not Vulnerable:

Interspire FastFind Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Interspire FastFind is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently 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.

Interspire FastFind Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim into following a malicious URI.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/[path]/index.php?query=<script>alert(1)</script>&type=simple

Interspire FastFind Index.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].

Interspire FastFind Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• FastFind Homepage (Interspire)