AneCMS blog module Stored XSS vulnerability

2010.06.27
Credit: htbridge
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

Vulnerability ID: HTB22407 Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/stored_xss_vulnerability_in_anecms_blog_ module.html Product: AneCMS Vendor: AneCMS Team Vulnerable Version: 1.3 and Probably Prior Versions Vendor Notification: 28 May 2010 Vulnerability Type: Stored XSS (Cross Site Scripting) Status: Fixed by Vendor Risk level: Medium Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA (http://www.htbridge.ch/) Vulnerability Details: User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application. The vulnerability exists due to failure in the blog module script "/modules/blog/index.php" to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "comment" variable. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data. An attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability by entering in comment text area for example "hello <script>alert(document.cookie)</script>". Solution: Upgrade to the most recent version

References:

http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/59438
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40838
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/511816/100/0/threaded
http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/stored_xss_vulnerability_in_anecms_blog_module.html


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