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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Polopoly 9.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
** DISPUTED ** Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Polopoly 9 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified search parameters. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this vulnerability, stating that the "XSS flaw was only part of the custom implementation of the [polopoly] site". As of 20061003, CVE has no further information on this issue, except that the original researcher has a history of testing live sites and assuming that discoveries indicate vulnerabilities in the associated package.
The weakness was disclosed 12/21/2005 by r0t (Website). The advisory is available at attrition.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-4481 since 12/22/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Product
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Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
12/21/2005 🔍12/21/2005 🔍
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03/12/2015 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: attrition.orgResearcher: r0t
Status: Not defined
Disputed: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2005-4481 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 16007 - RETIRED: Polopoly Search Module Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
OSVDB: 21878 - Polopoly Search Module XSS
Entry
Created: 03/12/2015 11:11Updated: 08/13/2018 07:06
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (52), 08/13/2018 07:06 (1)
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