Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800308
Category:	Web application abuses
Title:	Sphider query Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Summary:	Sphider is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: Sphider is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: The flaw is due to input passed into the query parameter in search.php when suggestion feature is enabled is not properly sanitized before being returned to a user. Vulnerability Impact: Successful attack could lead to execution of arbitrary HTML or scripting code in the security context of an affected web page, which allows an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials or access and modify data. Affected Software/OS: Sphider Version 1.3.4 and prior on all running platform. Solution: No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one. CVSS Score: 2.6 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5211 BugTraq ID: 29074 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29074 Bugtraq: 20080506 Sphider 1.3.4 Cross Site Scripting (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491712/100/0/threaded http://users.own-hero.net/~decoder/advisories/sphider134-xss.txt http://secunia.com/advisories/30082 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4629 XForce ISS Database: sphider-query-xss(42240) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42240
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG

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