XSS vulnerability in CruxCMS

[advisory@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Vulnerability ID: HTB22445
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_cruxcms.html
Product: CruxCMS
Vendor: CruxSoftware
Vulnerable Version: 3.00 and Probably Prior Versions
Vendor Notification: 21 June 2010 
Vulnerability Type: XSS (Cross Site Scripting)
Status: Not Fixed, Vendor Alerted, Awaiting Vendor Response
Risk level: Medium 
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing 
(http://www.htbridge.ch/) 

Vulnerability Details:
User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application.

The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "search.php" script to properly 
sanitize user-supplied input in "search" variable. Successful exploitation of 
this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of 
cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of 
sensitive data.

An attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is 
available:


http://host/search.php?search=%27%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28234%29%3C/script%3E