Social Share 'search' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	45566
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 23 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	Dec 23 2010 12:00AM
Credit:	Aliaksandr Hartsuyeu
Vulnerable:	Social Share Social Share 0
Not Vulnerable:

Social Share 'search' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Social Share is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied 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 allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

Social Share 'search' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/socialshare/search.php?search=<XSS>

Social Share 'search' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Social Share 'search' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• search - Non-persistent XSS in Social Share (Aliaksandr Hartsuyeu)
  
• Social Share Homepage (Geeknet)