H - Security Labs Eggblog v3.1.0 Security Advisory ID : HSEC#20071111 General Information -------------------------- Name : EggBlog v.3.1.0 Vendor HomePage :http://sourceforge.net/projects/eggblog/ Platforms : PHP && MySQL Vulnerability Type : Input Validation Error Timeline ------------------------- 08 October 2007 -- Vendor Contacted 30 October 2007 -- Vendor Replied 11 November 2007 -- New Release 11 November 2007 -- Advisory Released What is Eggblog ------------------------ eggblog is a free PHP & MySQL blogging package. Features include an internal search engine, photo albums, forums, plug-ins, guest comments to blog articles, automatic monthly archiving of blog articles and RSS XML feeds for both the blog and forums. I discovered the security holes when I was testing it for my personel web blog. Vulnerability Overview ------------------------ The script is vulnerable to XSS attacks. Details About Vulnerability ------------------------ XSS Vulnerability(home/rss.php) At the rss.php line 6-7; there are unfiltered PHP_SELFs that can be used for XSS attacks. --------- <a href=\"../rss/blog.php\">".$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].str_replace("/home/rs s.php","",$_SERVER[' PHP_SELF'])."/rss/blog.php</a></li> <a href=\"../rss/topics.php\">".$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].str_replace("/home/ rss.php","",$_SERVER ['PHP_SELF'])."/rss/topics.php</a></li> --------- The attacker can succesfully launch XSS attacks with loading payload on to the URL after the home\rss.php. For example : http://www.example.com/home/rss.php/<script>alert(1)</script> Solutions ----------------------- Download the new release : EggBlog v3.1.1 Credits ----------------------- The vulnerabilities found on 08 October 2007 by Mesut Timur <mesut (at) h-labs (dot) org [email concealed]> H - Security Labs , http://www.h-labs.org Gebze Institue of Technology,Computer Engineering,http://www.gyte.edu.tr References ----------------------- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=753622 http://www.eggblog.net http://sourceforge.net/projects/eggblog/ Original Advisory : http://www.h-labs.org/blog/2007/11/11/eggblog_v3_1_0_xss_issues.html Mesut TIMUR http://www.h-labs.org H - Security Labs Gvenlik Editr GYTE Bilgisayar Mhendisligi