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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.16058
Category:Web application abuses
Title:YaCy Peer-To-Peer Search Engine XSS
Summary:The remote host contains a peer-to-peer search engine that is prone to;cross-site scripting attacks.;;Description :;;The remote host runs YaCy, a peer-to-peer distributed web search;engine and caching web proxy.;;The remote version of this software is vulnerable to multiple;cross-site scripting due to a lack of sanitization of user-supplied;data.;;Successful exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to use the;remote server to perform an attack against a third-party user.
Description:Summary:
The remote host contains a peer-to-peer search engine that is prone to
cross-site scripting attacks.

Description :

The remote host runs YaCy, a peer-to-peer distributed web search
engine and caching web proxy.

The remote version of this software is vulnerable to multiple
cross-site scripting due to a lack of sanitization of user-supplied
data.

Successful exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to use the
remote server to perform an attack against a third-party user.

Solution:
Upgrade to YaCy 0.32 or later.

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-2651
BugTraq ID: 12104
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12104
Bugtraq: 20041224 XSS in yacy 0.31 (Google Search)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-12/0413.html
http://www.osvdb.org/12629
http://www.osvdb.org/12630
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012686
XForce ISS Database: yacy-index-xss(18688)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18688
XForce ISS Database: yacy-wiki-xss(18690)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18690
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak

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