October CMS up to Build 436 Media Module cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in October CMS up to Build 436 (Content Management System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Media Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

October CMS version prior to build 437 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Media module and create folder functionality that can result in an Authenticated user with media module permission creating arbitrary folder name with XSS content. This attack appear to be exploitable via an Authenticated user with media module permission who can create arbitrary folder name (XSS). This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in build 437.

The bug was discovered 06/22/2018. The weakness was presented 07/23/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at octobercms.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-1999008 since 07/23/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 31 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version Build 437 eliminates this vulnerability.

See 122084 for similar entry.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007

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Upgrade: CMS Build 437

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Advisory: octobercms.com
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CVE: CVE-2018-1999008 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/23/2018 18:19
Updated: 03/09/2020 15:15
Changes: 07/23/2018 18:19 (60), 03/09/2020 15:15 (2)
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