e-publish CMS up to 2.0 show.cfm cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in e-publish CMS up to 2.0 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the file show.cfm. 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:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in show.cfm in e-publish CMS 2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) obcatid and (2) comid parameters.

The weakness was shared 12/17/2005 by r0t (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-4393 since 12/20/2005. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and also a exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:show.cfm 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (23828). The entry 27633 is related to this item.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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12/17/2005 🔍
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12/19/2005 +1 days 🔍
12/20/2005 +1 days 🔍
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12/22/2005 +2 days 🔍
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03/12/2015 +3366 days 🔍
08/31/2017 +903 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: r0t
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-4393 (🔍)
X-Force: 23828 - e-publish multiple parameters cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 15964 - E-Publish Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 18140 - e-publish Cross-Site Scripting and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 21882 - e-publish CMS show.cfm Multiple Parameter XSS
Vupen: ADV-2005-2983

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 08/31/2017 10:50
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (66), 08/31/2017 10:50 (1)
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