[SA23582] CMS Made Simple "searchinput" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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TITLE:
CMS Made Simple "searchinput" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23582

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23582/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
CMS Made Simple 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/13129/

DESCRIPTION:
NanoyMaster has discovered a vulnerability in CMS Made Simple, which
can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input passed to the "searchinput" parameter in index.php is not
properly sanitised before being returned to a 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 confirmed in version 1.0.2. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
NanoyMaster

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