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vendor:
PT News
by:
SecurityFocus
3.3
CVSS
MEDIUM
Cross-Site Scripting
79
CWE
Product Name: PT News
Affected Version From: 1.7.2008
Affected Version To: 1.7.2008
Patch Exists: N/A
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: ptnews
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References: N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: N/A
2009

PT News Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

PT News is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit this issue to have arbitrary script code execute in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to ensure that user-supplied input is properly sanitized.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20090/info

PT News is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. 

An attacker can exploit this issue to have arbitrary script code execute in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

http://www.example.com/ptnews-1.7.8/search.php?pgname=[xss]

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