Google Mini Search Appliance ie cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Google Mini Search Appliance. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation of the argument ie results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2007-5255. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. The affected component should be disabled.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Google Mini Search Appliance (the affected version is unknown). This affects an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument ie with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Google Mini Search Appliance 3.4.14 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the ie parameter to the /search URI.

The bug was discovered 09/18/2007. The weakness was disclosed 10/02/2007 with Websecurity (Website). The advisory is shared at websecurity.com.ua. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-5255 since 10/06/2007. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 13 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 26196 (Google Mini Search Appliance search Script ie Parameter XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS and running in the context r.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at support.google.com. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36907), Exploit-DB (30631), Tenable (26196), SecurityFocus (BID 25894†) and OSVDB (37420†). 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-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 26196
Nessus Name: Google Mini Search Appliance search Script ie Parameter XSS
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Recommended: Disable
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Patch: support.google.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: websecurity.com.ua
Organization: Websecurity
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-5255 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5255
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3357
X-Force: 36907 - Google Mini Search Appliance search module cross-site scripting, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 25894 - Google Mini Search Appliance IE Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 26946
OSVDB: 37420 - Google Mini Search Appliance search Script ie Parameter XSS
SecurityTracker: 1018759
Vulnerability Center: 16325 - Google Mini Search Appliance Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-3327

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

Entryinfo

Created: 10/18/2007 09:48
Updated: 02/03/2025 10:38
Changes: 10/18/2007 09:48 (89), 07/27/2019 11:30 (2), 02/03/2025 10:38 (23)
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