CVE-2006-4917

PT News 1.7.8 - Cross-Site Scripting via search.php pgname Parameter

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-4917. PoCs published by Snake.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PT News 1.7.8, where user-supplied input is not properly sanitized in the 'pgname' parameter of search.php. This allows arbitrary script execution in the context of the affected site.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in PT News 1.7.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the pgname parameter.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED

by Snake · textwebappsphp

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28601

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The provided text describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PT News 1.7.8, where user-supplied input is not properly sanitized in the 'pgname' parameter of search.php. This allows arbitrary script execution in the context of the affected site.

Classification

Writeup 90%

Attack Type

Xss

Complexity

Trivial

Reliability

Reliable

Target: PT News 1.7.8

No auth needed

Prerequisites: Access to the vulnerable search.php endpoint

MITRE ATT&CK