PwsPHP 1.2.2 profil.php auteur_search cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in PwsPHP 1.2.2. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file profil.php. The manipulation of the argument auteur_search 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 (XSS) vulnerabilities in PwsPHP 1.2.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) month or (2) annee parameters to the news module, (3) nbractif or (4) annee parameters to the stats module, (5) id parameter to profil.php, (6) mb_lettre or (7) lettre parameter to memberlist.php, or (8) chaine_search, or (9) auteur_search parameter to the recherche module.

The bug was discovered 04/15/2005. The weakness was published 05/07/2005 by SecuBox fRoGGz (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-1508 since 05/11/2005. 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. Technical details and also a exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 22 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:profil.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18216 (PwsPHP profil.php id Parameter XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20500) and Tenable (18216). Similar entries are available at 25139, 25138, 25137 and 25136.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 18216
Nessus Name: PwsPHP profil.php id Parameter XSS
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OpenVAS ID: 18216
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Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: SecuBox fRoGGz
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-1508 (🔍)
X-Force: 20500
Vulnerability Center: 7982 - XSS in PwsPHP < 1.2.3 via skin' Parameter, Medium
SecurityFocus: 13561 - PWSPHP Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 15315 - PwsPHP Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 16228 - PwsPHP News Module Multiple Parameter XSS
Vupen: ADV-2005-0503

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 06/01/2019 13:04
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (82), 06/01/2019 13:04 (1)
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