Visualshapers ezContents 1.41 cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Visualshapers ezContents 1.41. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in ezContents 1.41 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute script and steal cookies via the diary and other capabilities.

The bug was discovered 07/25/2002. The weakness was disclosed 10/04/2002 by Ulf Harnhammar (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-1085. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 71 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (9712). The entries 18994, 18995, 18996 and 18998 are pretty similar.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007

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Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Ulf Harnhammar
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1085 (🔍)
X-Force: 9712
Vulnerability Center: 6778 - XSS in VisualShapers ezContents 1.40, 1.41 via Diary Entry, Medium
SecurityFocus: 5315 - VisualShapers ezContents Multiple Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 9229 - CVE-2002-1085 - ezContents - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Issues

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Created: 07/29/2014 17:53
Updated: 06/04/2019 09:38
Changes: 07/29/2014 17:53 (55), 06/04/2019 09:38 (6)
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