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Smart Survey "sid" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA31637
Release Date: 2008-08-27
Last Update: 2008-09-30
Popularity: 1,102 views

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

Software:Smart Survey 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-4051


Description:
Bug Researchers Group has reported a vulnerability in Smart Survey, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "sid" parameter in surveyresults.asp 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 1.0. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Bug Researchers Group

Changelog:
2008-09-30: Added CVE reference.


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