A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in SnipSnap 0.5.2a. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument query with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SnipSnap 0.5.2a, 1.0b1, and 1.0b2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter to /snipsnap-search.

The weakness was shared 02/03/2015 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tetraph.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-9559 since 01/07/2015. 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 and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at packetstormsecurity.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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