Dansie Search Engine 'search.pl' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	27269
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-0257
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 14 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:33PM
Credit:	Russ McRee is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Dansie Search Engine 2.7
Not Vulnerable:

Dansie Search Engine 'search.pl' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Dansie Search Engine is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code 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.

This issue affects Dansie Search Engine 2.7; other versions may also be vulnerable.

Dansie Search Engine 'search.pl' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

Dansie Search Engine 'search.pl' 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].

Dansie Search Engine 'search.pl' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Dansie Search Engine Homepage (Dansie Search Engine)