VDB-27733 · CVE-2005-4492 · BID 16017

Starphire Technologies SiteSage 5.0.18 norelay_highlight_words cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Starphire Technologies SiteSage 5.0.18. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation of the argument norelay_highlight_words causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2005-4492. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Starphire Technologies SiteSage 5.0.18 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument norelay_highlight_words 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Starphire SiteSage 5.0.18 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified search parameters, possibly the norelay_highlight_words parameter.

The weakness was presented 12/21/2005 by r0t (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-4492 since 12/22/2005. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 proof-of-concept.

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 SecurityFocus (BID 16017†), OSVDB (21861†) and Secunia (SA18214†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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12/21/2005 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2005-4492 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4492
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27733
SecurityFocus: 16017 - Starphire Technologies SiteSage Cross-SIte Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 18214 - SiteSage "norelay_highlight_words" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 21861 - SiteSage Search Module norelay_highlight_words Parameter XSS
Vupen: ADV-2005-3051

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 07/15/2018 16:24
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (52), 07/15/2018 16:24 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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