A vulnerability has been found in Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language 9 (Knowledge Base Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the file admin/header.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Reflected). 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. CVE summarizes:

The way URIs are handled in admin/header.php in Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language 9 allows Reflected XSS (injecting arbitrary web script or HTML) in admin/manage-news.php by adding a question mark (?) followed by the payload.

The weakness was presented 03/12/2020. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-10428 since 03/12/2020. The attack can be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

By approaching the search of inurl:admin/header.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-151442, VDB-151441, VDB-151440 and VDB-151439 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Knowledge Base Software

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• Chadha

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• PHPKB Standard Multi-Language

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• 9

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