Blursoft blur6ex 0.3.462 Error Message index.php shard cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in Blursoft blur6ex 0.3.462 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file index.php of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation of the argument shard leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-1761. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Blursoft blur6ex 0.3.462. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the file index.php of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation of the argument shard 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 vulnerability in index.php in blur6ex 0.3.452 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the errormsg parameter, which is not sanitized in the error message. NOTE: the vector in the shard parameter is not XSS and has been assigned a separate name.

The weakness was disclosed 04/12/2006 by Rusydi Hasan M (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-1761 since 04/12/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. 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 of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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 (25757) and SecurityFocus (BID 17465†). The entries VDB-29629 and VDB-29628 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Blursoft

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• blur6ex

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• 0.3.462

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