Multiple Vulnerabilities in CompactCMS
| Advisory ID: | HTB22695 |
| Product: | CompactCMS |
| Vendor: | CompactCMS Team |
| Vulnerable Versions: | 1.4.1 and probably prior |
| Tested Version: | 1.4.1 |
| Advisory Publication: | November 4, 2010 [without technical details] |
| Vendor Notification: | November 4, 2010 |
| Public Disclosure: | November 18, 2010 |
| Latest Update: | November 9, 2010 |
| Vulnerability Type: | Cross-Site Scripting [CWE-79]
SQL Injection [CWE-89] |
| Risk Level: | High |
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| CVSSv2 Base Scores: | 4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) |
| Solution Status: | Fixed by Vendor |
| Discovered and Provided: | High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab |
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Advisory Details: |
High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in CompactCMS which could be exploited to perform cross-site scripting and SQL injection attacks.
1) Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in CompactCMS
1.1 The vulnerability exists due to input sanitation error in the "a" parameter in index.php within the "Comments" module. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the vulnerable script and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user`s browser in context of the vulnerable website.
Exploitation example:
http://host/index.php?a="><script>alert("XSS");</script>
1.2 The vulnerability exists due to input sanitation error in the "userName" parameter in lib/includes/auth.inc.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.
Exploitation example:
<form action="http://host/lib/includes/auth.inc.php" method="post" name="main" >
<input type="hidden" name="userName" value="123"><script>alert("XSS");</script>" />
<input type="hidden" name="userPass" value="123" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit" />
</form>
2) SQL injection vulnerability in CompactCMS
The vulnerability exists due to input sanitation errors in the "id" parameter in news.html within the "News" module. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the vulnerable script and execute arbitrary SQL commands in application`s database. Successful exploitation may allow an attacker to read, modify, add or delete arbitrary data in the database.
Exploitation example:
http://host/news.html?id=123%20union%20select%201,1,3,@@version,5,6,7,8,9,10 ,11,12,13,14,15,16 ,17,18,19%23
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Solution: |
| Upgrade to version 1.4.2. |
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References: |
[1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB22695 - https://www.immuniweb.com/advisory/HTB22695 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in CompactCMS
[2] CompactCMS - compactcms.nl - The most efficient and light-weight content management system (CMS).
[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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