Advisory ID: HTB23184 Product: Jamroom Vendor: Talldude Networks, LLC Vulnerable Version(s): 5.0.2 and probably prior Tested Version: 5.0.2 Advisory Publication: November 13, 2013 [without technical details] Vendor Notification: November 13, 2013 Vendor Patch: November 13, 2013 Public Disclosure: December 4, 2013 Vulnerability Type: Cross-Site Scripting [CWE-79] CVE Reference: CVE-2013-6804 Risk Level: Medium CVSSv2 Base Score: 4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Solution Status: Fixed by Vendor Discovered and Provided: High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab ( https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/ ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advisory Details: High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab discovered vulnerability in Jamroom, which can be exploited to perform Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. 1) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Jamroom: CVE-2013-6804 The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitisation of user-supplied data in "search_string" HTTP POST parameter passed to "/search/results/all/1/4" URL. A remote attacker can trick a logged-in user to open a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in browser in context of the vulnerable website. The exploitation example below uses the JavaScript "alert()" function to display "immuniweb" word: <form action="http://[host]/search/results/all/1/4" method="post" name="main"> <input type="hidden" name="search_string" value='" onmouseover="javascript:alert("immuniweb");'> <input type="submit" id="btn"> </form> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Solution: Update Jamroom Search module to version 1.1.1 More Information: https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/networkmarket/43/search/expanded_changelog=1 https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/tracker/128/xss-vulnerability-in-search-module ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB23184 - https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23184 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Jamroom. [2] Jamroom - http://www.jamroom.net - Jamroom is a social media platform. [3] Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) - http://cve.mitre.org/ - international in scope and free for public use, CVE? is a dictionary of publicly known information security vulnerabilities and exposures. [4] Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) - http://cwe.mitre.org - targeted to developers and security practitioners, CWE is a formal list of software weakness types. [5] ImmuniWeb? - http://www.htbridge.com/immuniweb/ - is High-Tech Bridge's proprietary web application security assessment solution with SaaS delivery model that combines manual and automated vulnerability testing. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: The information provided in this Advisory is provided "as is" and without any warranty of any kind. Details of this Advisory may be updated in order to provide as accurate information as possible. The latest version of the Advisory is available on web page [1] in the References.