Two Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerabilities in Seo Panel

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

Advisory ID: HTB23200
Product: Seo Panel
Vendor: www.seopanel.in
Vulnerable Version(s): 3.4.0 and probably prior
Tested Version: 3.4.0
Advisory Publication:  January 29, 2014  [without technical details]
Vendor Notification: January 29, 2014 
Vendor Patch: May 15, 2014 
Public Disclosure: May 16, 2014 
Vulnerability Type: Cross-Site Scripting [CWE-79]
CVE Reference: CVE-2014-1855
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 vulnerabilities in Seo 
Panel, which can be exploited to perform Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks 
agains users of the vulnerable application to steal their sensitive data.


1) Two Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Seo Panel: CVE-2014-1855


1.1 The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitisation of user-supplied 
data in "capcheck" HTTP GET parameter passed to "/directories.php" script. 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 "alert()" JavaScript function to 
display "immuniweb" word:

http://[host]/directories.php?capcheck=1%22%20onmouseover%3dalert%28%22immuniweb%22%29;%20%22&dir_name=&google_pagerank=&langcode=&pageno=8&sec=directorymgr&stscheck=1


1.2 The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitisation of user-supplied 
data in "keyword" HTTP GET parameter passed to "/proxy.php" script. 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 "alert()" JavaScript function to 
display "immuniweb" word:

http://[host]/proxy.php?keyword=1%22%20onmouseover%3dalert%28%22immuniweb%22%29;%20%22&status=active


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Solution:

Update to Seo Panel 3.5.0

More Information:
http://forum.seopanel.in/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10978

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References:

[1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB23200 - 
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23200 - Two Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) 
Vulnerabilities in Seo Panel.
[2] Seo Panel - http://www.seopanel.in/ - World's first seo control panel for 
multiple websites.
[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® SaaS - https://www.htbridge.com/immuniweb/ - hybrid of manual 
web application penetration test and cutting-edge vulnerability scanner 
available online via a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model.

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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.