Andy Grayndler Andys Php Knowledgebase 0.57 index.php keyword_list cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Andy Grayndler Andys Php Knowledgebase 0.57 (Programming Language Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument keyword_list with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Andy s PHP Knowledgebase (aphpkb) 0.57 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) keyword_list parameter to (a) index.php; (2) title, (3) article, (4) author, and (5) keywords parameters to (b) submit_article.php; and (6) Question, (7) Name, and (8) Email parameters to (c) submit_question.php.

The bug was discovered 03/23/2006. The weakness was published 03/27/2006 by security curmudgeon with security curmudgeon (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-1438 since 03/28/2006. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

After immediately, 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 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:index.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (25666). Similar entries are available at 83683 and 83684.

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

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Advisory: securityfocus.com
Researcher: security curmudgeon
Organization: security curmudgeon
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-1438 (🔍)
X-Force: 25666 - Andy`s PHP Knowledgebase (aphpkb) multiple scripts cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 17377 - Andy's PHP Knowledgebase Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 19554 - Andy's PHP Knowledgebase Cross-Site Scripting and Script Insertion, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 24310 - Andy's PHP Knowledgebase (aphpkb) index.php keyword_list Parameter XSS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 09/05/2017 08:44
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (60), 09/05/2017 08:44 (9)
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