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HistoryAug 14, 2010 - 12:00 a.m.

XSS vulnerability in CMS Source

2010-08-1400:00:00
vulners.com
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Vulnerability ID: HTB22549
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_cms_source_1.html
Product: CMS Source
Vendor: Proud Daddy Web Design ( http://www.prouddaddy.net/ )
Vulnerable Version: Current at 28.07.2010 and Probably Prior Versions
Vendor Notification: 28 July 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 serach sysem to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "searchstring" 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:

http://host/home/demo1/index.php?target=search&subtarget=top&searchstring=%3Cimg+src=0+onerror=alert%28document.cookie%29%3E