phpMyFAQ Search Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:37020

Info

phpMyFAQ Search Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 37020
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2009-4040
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 13 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 22 2010 10:06PM
Credit: Or Katz from Breach Security and Yair Lapin from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Vulnerable: phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.5.1
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.5 -dev
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.5
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.16
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.15
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.14
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.13
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.12
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.11
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.10
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.9
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.8
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.7
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.6
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.5
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.4
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.3
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.2
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.1
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0
Not Vulnerable: phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.5.2
phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.17

Discussion

phpMyFAQ Search Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

phpMyFAQ is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the application 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 allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

Versions prior to phpMyFAQ 2.5.2 and 2.0.17 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

phpMyFAQ Search Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

phpMyFAQ Search Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for details.


phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.1

phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.10

phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.11

phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.12

phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.13

phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.14

phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.15

phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.16

phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.2

phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.3

phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.4

phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.5

phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.6

phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.7

phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.8

phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.0.9

phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.5

phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.5 -dev

phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ 2.5.1

References

phpMyFAQ Search Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

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