TYPO3 Twitter Search Extension Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	35874
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jul 30 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 30 2009 05:24PM
Credit:	Marcus Krause
Vulnerable:	Typo3 Twitter Search 0.1
Not Vulnerable:	Typo3 Twitter Search 0.1.1

TYPO3 Twitter Search Extension Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

The Twitter Search ('twittersearch') extension for TYPO3 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 let the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Twitter Search 0.1.0 and prior are vulnerable.

TYPO3 Twitter Search Extension Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim into following a malicious URI.

TYPO3 Twitter Search Extension Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Please see the references for details.


Typo3 Twitter Search 0.1

• Typo3 twittersearch_0.1.1.t3x
  http://typo3.org/fileadmin/ter/t/w/twittersearch_0.1.1.t3x

TYPO3 Twitter Search Extension Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Synnefoims Homepage (synnefoims)
  
• TYPO3 Collective Security Bulletin TYPO3-SA-2009-010 (TYPO3)