pMachine Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

vendor:

pMachine

by:

SecurityFocus

3.3

CVSS

MEDIUM

Cross-Site Scripting

CWE

Product Name: pMachine

Affected Version From: N/A

Affected Version To: N/A

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: N/A

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

2002

pMachine Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

pMachine is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack. The vulnerability is present in the search module. The issue presents itself likely due to insufficient sanitization performed on user-supplied data that is passed as the query to the affected module. An attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing a victim user to follow a malicious link. Attacker-supplied code passed as the keywords URI parameter may execute within the context of the site hosting the vulnerable software when the malicious link is visited.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to ensure that user-supplied data is properly sanitized before being passed to the affected module.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7981/info

Reportedly, pMachine is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack. The vulnerability is present in the search module. The issue presents itself likely due to insufficient sanitization performed on user-supplied data that is passed as the query to the affected module.

An attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing a victim user to follow a malicious link. Attacker-supplied code passed as the keywords URI parameter may execute within the context of the site hosting the vulnerable software when the malicious link is visited.

http://www.example.com/Path_To_pMachine/search/index.php?weblog=name_of_weblog&keywords=<script code>