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A vulnerability was found in PT News 1.7.8. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown functionality of the file search.php. The manipulation of the argument pgname
with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in PT News 1.7.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the pgname parameter.
The weakness was disclosed 09/20/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-4917 since 09/20/2006. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.
It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:search.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (29043).
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Highly functional
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
09/18/2006 🔍09/20/2006 🔍
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09/23/2017 🔍
Sources
Advisory: vupen.com⛔Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2006-4917 (🔍)
X-Force: 29043 - PT News search.php cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 20090 - PT News Search.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 22028 - PT News "pgname" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Less Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-3713
Entry
Created: 03/12/2015 15:51Updated: 09/23/2017 17:58
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (52), 09/23/2017 17:58 (6)
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