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Sift Unity "qt" Cross-Site Scripting
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA28841
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Release Date:
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2008-02-08
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Last Update:
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2008-02-13
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Popularity:
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3,092 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | Sift Unity
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-0669
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Description:
Russ McRee has reported a vulnerability in Sift Unity, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed to the "qt" parameter in search.cgi is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
Solution:
Filter malicious characters and character sequences using a web proxy.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Russ McRee
Changelog:
2008-02-13: Added CVE reference.
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