PT-2008-6353 · Sphider · Sphider

Published 2008-11-24 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-5211

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sphider version 1.3.4

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists in the search.php file of Sphider when the search suggestion feature is enabled. This allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter.

Recommendations For Sphider version 1.3.4, consider disabling the search suggestion feature as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the search.php file to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the query parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5211

Affected Products

Sphider

References · 9

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/31751 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://users.own-hero.net/~decoder/advisories/sphider134-xss.txt · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5211 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30082 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42240 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/491712/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5211 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4629 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/29074 · Note