Vulnerability CVE-2008-5211
Published: 2008-11-24   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in Sphider 1.3.4, when the search suggestion feature is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-2506.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
Sphider 1.3.4 Cross Site Scripting
Christian Holler
25.11.2008

Type:

CWE-79

 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.6/10
2.9/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Sphider -> Sphider 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4629
http://users.own-hero.net/~decoder/advisories/sphider134-xss.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491712/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29074
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42240
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