Working Resources Inc. Badblue Personal 1.7.3 cleanSearchString cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Working Resources Inc. Badblue Personal 1.7.3. Affected by this issue is the function cleanSearchString. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2002-1683. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Working Resources Inc. Badblue Personal 1.7.3 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function cleanSearchString. 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in BadBlue Personal Edition 1.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other users by injecting script into the cleanSearchString() function.

The bug was discovered 07/08/2002. The weakness was presented 12/31/2002 by Matthew Murphy (mattmurphy) (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-1683 since 06/21/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 176 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86359 (Working Resources BadBlue cleanSearchString() Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability).

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 databases at X-Force (9514), Exploit-DB (21599), SecurityFocus (BID 5179†), OSVDB (21362†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-10501†). See VDB-19330 for similar entry. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Matthew Murphy (mattmurphy)
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1683 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1683
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19328
X-Force: 9514
SecurityFocus: 5179 - Working Resources BadBlue cleanSearchString() Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
OSVDB: 21362 - Working Resources - BadBlue - cleanSearchString() - Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 10501 - BadBlue XSS via the cleanSearchString Function, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/04/2014 16:26
Updated: 07/16/2025 14:46
Changes: 08/04/2014 16:26 (62), 06/14/2019 18:38 (4), 07/16/2025 14:46 (27)
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