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Cofax
by:
Unknown
5.5
CVSS
MEDIUM
Cross-Site Scripting
79
CWE
Product Name: Cofax
Affected Version From: Unknown
Affected Version To: Unknown
Patch Exists: NO
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Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Cofax

Cofax is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code executed in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks.

Mitigation:

To mitigate this vulnerability, it is recommended to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in the application.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15940/info

Cofax is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code executed in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks. 

http://www.example.com/search.htm?searchstring2=&searchstring=[XSS]