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Datafeed Studio search.php Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA31488
Release Date: 2008-08-13
Last Update: 2008-10-09
Popularity: 1,375 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Datafeed Studio 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-4438


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Datafeed Studio, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "q" parameter in search.php is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.

The vulnerability is reported in version 1.6.2. Prior versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 1.6.3.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Bug Researchers Group

Changelog:
2008-08-15: Updated "Solution" and "Original Advisory" sections.
2008-10-09: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://blog.datafeedstudio.com/datafeed-studio-v163-released


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