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vendor:
JAWS
by:
SecurityFocus
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Cross-Site Scripting
79
CWE
Product Name: JAWS
Affected Version From: 0.4
Affected Version To: 0.5
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: a:jaws:jaws
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
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CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References: N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: N/A
2005

JAWS Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

JAWS is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input to the 'Glossary' module. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks.

Mitigation:

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

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13796/info

JAWS is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input to the 'Glossary' module.

This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks.

JAWS versions 0.4 and 0.5 and subsequent are reportedly vulnerable. 

http://www.example.com/index.php?gadget=Glossary&action=ViewTerm&term=<script src=some script</script>