Datafeed Studio 'search.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	30660
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-4438
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 12 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:24PM
Credit:	Bug Researchers Group
Vulnerable:	MartinWood Datafeed Studio 0 Datafeed Studio Datafeed Studio 1.6.2
Not Vulnerable:	MartinWood Datafeed Studio 1.6.3

Datafeed Studio 'search.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Datafeed Studio 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 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.

Datafeed Studio 1.6.2 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Datafeed Studio 'search.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

The following example URI is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/30660.html

Datafeed Studio 'search.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released Datafeed Studio 1.6.3 to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

Datafeed Studio 'search.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Datafeed Studio Homepage (Datafeed Studio)
  
• Datafeed Studio v1.6.3 Released (Datafeed Studio)