The Address Book search.php cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in The Address Book (affected version not known). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the file search.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 01/03/2007 with Secunia Research (Website). The advisory is available at secunia.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-4575 since 09/06/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

By approaching the search of inurl:search.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (31240). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 34121, 34120, 34119 and 34118.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Suricata ID: 2006003
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09/06/2006 🔍
12/31/2006 +116 days 🔍
01/03/2007 +3 days 🔍
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Advisory: secunia.com
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-4575 (🔍)
X-Force: 31240
SecurityFocus: 21870 - The Address Book Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21694 - The Address Book Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 32566 - The Address Book search.php Multiple Parameter XSS

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Created: 05/08/2016 21:39
Updated: 08/08/2022 20:37
Changes: 05/08/2016 21:39 (54), 12/16/2018 10:57 (6), 08/08/2022 20:37 (3)
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