XSS vulnerability in CMS Source

Penetration Testing Ethical Hacking Cross Site Scripting 28 July Web Design Vulnerable Version Vulnerability Type Vendor Notification High-Tech Bridge Not Fixed Vendor Alerted Awaiting Vendor Response Probably Prior Versions exploitation Vulnerability Details user-supplied

Vulnerability ID: HTB22549
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_cms_source_1.html
Product: CMS Source
Vendor: Proud Daddy Web Design ( http://www.prouddaddy.net/ ) 
Vulnerable Version: Current at 28.07.2010 and Probably Prior Versions
Vendor Notification: 28 July 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 serach sysem to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "searchstring" 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/demo1/index.php?target=search&subtarget=top&searchstring=%3Cimg+src=0+onerror=alert%28document.cookie%29%3E