SecurityvulnsSECURITYVULNS:DOC:24863XSS vulnerability in Expression CMS
Vulnerability ID: HTB22617
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_expression_cms.html
Product: Expression
Vendor: Backbone Technology ( http://www.backbonetechnology.com )
Vulnerable Version: Current at 18.09.2010 and Probably Prior Versions
Vendor Notification: 22 September 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 "contact us" page to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "section_id" 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: