Vulnerability ID: HTB22596 Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_acontent_search.html Product: AContent Vendor: Inclusive Design Institute ( http://www.atutor.ca/ ) Vulnerable Version: 1.0 Vendor Notification: 01 September 2010 Vulnerability Type: XSS (Cross Site Scripting) Status: Not Fixed, Vendor Alerted, Awaiting Vendor Response 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 "home/search.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "search_text" 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: http://host/home/search.php?search_text=txt";><script>alert(document.cookie)</script>&catid=&search=Search
