[SA23457] opentaps "SEARCH_STRING" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

TITLE:
opentaps "SEARCH_STRING" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23457

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CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
opentaps 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/12944/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in opentaps, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input passed to the "SEARCH_STRING" parameter 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.

Example:
http://[host]/ecommerce/control/keywordsearch?SEARCH_STRING=[code]

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 0.9.3. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Filter malicious character and character sequences in a web proxy.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported in an OFBiz bug report.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-260

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