Mambo Site Server 4.0.10 - 'index.php' Cross-Site Scripting

Author: Ertan Kurt
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 0
date_added: 2003-03-18
date_updated: 2012-11-01
verified: 1
codes: CVE-2003-1203;OSVDB-7493
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7135/info

Mambo Site Server has been reported prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

It has been reported that certain user supplied URI parameters are not sufficiently sanitized by the Mambo Site Server. As a result of this deficiency an attacker may create a specially crafted URL that includes malicious HTML code passed to the index page used by Mambo Site server.

This may allow for theft of cookie-based authentication credentials and other attacks.

This vulnerability was reported to affect Mambo Site Server version 4.0.10 it is not currently known if other versions are affected.

http://www.example.com/index.php?option=search&searchword=<script>alert(document.cookie);</script>