XSS in yacy 0.31

["Donato Ferrante" <fdonato@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

                           Donato Ferrante


Application:  yacy
              http://www.yacy.net

Version:      0.31

Bug:          cross site scripting

Date:         24-Dec-2004

Author:       Donato Ferrante
              e-mail: fdonato@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
              web:    www.autistici.org/fdonato


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1. Description
2. The bug
3. The code
4. The fix



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1. Description:
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Vendor's Description:

"YACY: a Java Freeware Open-Source Caching HTTP Proxy and Global
P2P-Based Search Engine"



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2. The bug:
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The input strings, into some field, are not filtered by the server so
they will appear in the returned page.



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3. The code:
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To test the vulnerability, try for example:

1.
   http://[host]:8080/index.html?urlmaskfilter=[XSS]
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2.
   http://[host]:8080/Wiki.html?page=[XSS]
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4. The fix:
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Bug fixed in the version 0.32.



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