eSyndiCat Portal System search.php what cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in eSyndiCat Portal System. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the file search.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument what results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-4923. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in eSyndiCat Portal System (version unknown). This affects an unknown function of the file search.php. The manipulation of the argument what with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in eSyndiCat Portal System allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the what parameter.

The weakness was presented 09/20/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-4923 since 09/20/2006. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. 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 databases at X-Force (29026), Exploit-DB (28604), SecurityFocus (BID 20106†) and Secunia (SA21979†). 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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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-4923 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4923
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32403
X-Force: 29026 - eSyndiCat Portal System search.php cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 20106 - ESyndiCat Search.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 21979 - eSyndiCat Directory Software "what" Cross-Site Scripting, Less Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-3710

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 10/17/2025 07:24
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (50), 09/25/2017 11:27 (7), 10/17/2025 07:24 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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