Advisory: Reflecting XSS vulnerability in CMS Sefrengo v.1.6.0 Advisory ID: SROEADV-2014-06 Author: Steffen Rsemann Affected Software: CMS Sefrengo v.1.6.0 Vendor URL: http://www.sefrengo.org/ Vendor Status: solved CVE-ID: - ========================== Vulnerability Description: ========================== The CMS Sefrengo v. 1.6.0 contains a reflecting XSS vulnerability in its administrative backend. ================== Technical Details: ================== The CMS Sefrengo v.1.6.0 contains a reflecting XSS vulnerability in its administrative backend, which resides in the main.php file: http://{TARGET}/backend/main.php?area=user&idgroup=0&order=&ascdesc=ASC&searchterm=&page=1 Via the parameter "searchterm", an attacker is able to craft a link with arbitrary HTML- and/or JavaScript-code which gets executed, if clicked on. Exploit-Example: http://{TARGET}/backend/main.php?area=user&idgroup=0&order=&ascdesc=ASC&searchterm=<script>alert(document.cookie)</script><!--&page=1 ========= Solution: ========= Update to the latest version. ==================== Disclosure Timeline: ==================== 28-Dec-2014 ? found the vulnerability 28-Dec-2014 - informed the developers 28-Dec-2014 ? release date of this security advisory [without technical details] 04-Jan-2015 - patch by vendor 04-Jan-2015 - release date of this security advisory 04-Jan-2015 - post to lists ======== Credits: ======== Vulnerability found and advisory written by Steffen Rsemann. =========== References: =========== http://www.sefrengo.org/ http://sroesemann.blogspot.de