GForge Cross Site Scripting vulnerability
Version: Tested on GForge 4.5.11
Discovered by: José Ramón Palanco: jose.palanco(at)eazel(dot)es
http://www.eazel.es
Description:
GForge is vulnerable to a security vulnerability that allow Cross-Site
Scripting attacks. Due to improper filtering, a remote attacker can cause a
cross site scripting.
To exploit any attacker may send via GET method the "words" variable to:
>"<script>alert('www.eazel.es')</script>
to http://site/search/advanced_search.php?group_id=X&search=1
where X is any active project in the gforge installation.
Original advisory:
http://www.eazel.es/advisory006-gforge-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilit
y.html
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