Extreme Corporate Extreme Search up to 6.0 extremesearch.php cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Extreme Corporate Extreme Search up to 6.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file extremesearch.php. The manipulation of the argument Search leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2005-3972. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Extreme Corporate Extreme Search up to 6.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the file extremesearch.php. The manipulation of the argument search 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. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in extremesearch.php in Extreme Search Corporate Edition 6.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search parameter.

The weakness was released 12/01/2005 by r0t (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-3972 since 12/03/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:extremesearch.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 databases at Exploit-DB (26692), SecurityFocus (BID 15675†), OSVDB (21336†) and Secunia (SA17816†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: r0t
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-3972 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3972
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27251
SecurityFocus: 15675 - Extreme Corporate Extremesearch.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 17816 - Extreme Search Corporate Edition "search" Cross-Site Scripting, Less Critical
OSVDB: 21336 - Extreme Search Corporate Edition extremesearch.php search Parameter XSS
Vupen: ADV-2005-2687

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/29/2025 19:15
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (55), 07/30/2017 11:42 (7), 06/29/2025 19:15 (23)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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