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BXR search XSS vulnerability

XSS vulnerability in BXR search XSS vulnerability in BXR search


Vulnerability ID: HTB22505
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_bxr_search.html 
Product: BXR
Vendor: Hulihan Applications ( http://hulihanapplications.com/projects/bxr ) 
Vulnerable Version: 0.6.8 and Probably Prior Versions
Vendor Notification: 22 July 2010 
Vulnerability Type: XSS (Cross Site Scripting)
Status: Fixed by Vendor
Risk level: Medium 
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/) 

Vulnerability Details:
User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application.

The vulnerability exists due to failure in the /search/show_results script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "search[query]" variable. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data.

An attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available:

action="http://host/search/show_results" method="post" name="main" > 








Solution: Upgrade to the most recent version