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TITLE:
phpkb Knowledge Base "searchkeyword" Cross-Site Scripting
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19913
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19913/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
phpkb Knowledge Base 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/9697/
DESCRIPTION:
d4igoro has reported a vulnerability in phpkb Knowledge Base, which
can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.
Input passed to the "searchkeyword" parameter in search.php is not
properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be
exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's
browser session in context of an affected site.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
d4igoro
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://d4igoro.blogspot.com/2006/05/phpkb-knowledge-base-xss.html
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