Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in searcher.exe in Tornado Knowledge Retrieval System 4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the p parameter in a root action.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Tornado Knowledge Retrieval System 4.2 - 'p' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-31892 · webapps · Jun 10, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- krs-searcher-xss(42963) vdb-entry
- 29626 vdb-entry
- 20080610 [web-app] Tornado Knowledge Retrieval System <= 4.2 Remote XSS Vulnerability mailing-list
- 4655 third-party-advisory
- 30623 third-party-advisory