PostNuke 0.750/0.760 Rc2/0.760 Rc3 magpie_slashbox.php cross site scripting

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in PostNuke 0.750/0.760 Rc2/0.760 Rc3 (Content Management System). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the file magpie_slashbox.php. 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the RSS module in PostNuke 0.750 and 0.760RC2 and RC3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) rss_url parameter to magpie_slashbox.php, or the url parameter to (2) magpie_simple.php or (3) magpie_debug.php.

The weakness was published 05/24/2005 by sp3x with SecurityReason (Website). The advisory is shared for download at news.postnuke.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-1695 since 05/24/2005. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

By approaching the search of inurl:magpie_slashbox.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21379 (FreeBSD : postnuke -- multiple vulnerabilities (0274a9f1-0759-11da-bc08-0001020eed82)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20697) and Tenable (21379). Similar entries are available at 25385, 25384, 25303 and 25301.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 21379
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : postnuke -- multiple vulnerabilities (0274a9f1-0759-11da-bc08-0001020eed82)
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OpenVAS ID: 54492
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: postnuke
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Advisory: news.postnuke.com
Researcher: sp3x
Organization: SecurityReason
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-1695 (🔍)
X-Force: 20697
Vulnerability Center: 18025 - PostNuke RSS Module Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Conduct XSS Attacks, Medium
SecurityFocus: 13789 - PostNuke SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 16797 - PostNuke RSS Module magpie_simple.php url Parameter XSS

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Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 08/07/2019 18:40
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (70), 08/07/2019 18:40 (8)
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