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A vulnerability was found in TimberWolf 1.2.2. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file shownews.php. The manipulation of the argument nid
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:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in shownews.php in TimberWolf 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the nid parameter.
The weakness was presented 12/27/2006 by CorryL (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-6778 since 12/27/2006. 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 of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:shownews.php 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.
Product
Name
Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: 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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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
12/24/2006 🔍12/24/2006 🔍
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03/12/2015 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: vupen.com⛔Researcher: CorryL
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2006-6778 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1017438
SecurityFocus: 21733 - TimberWolf ShowNews.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 23494 - TimberWolf CMS "nid" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Less Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-5162
Entry
Created: 03/12/2015 22:21Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (59)
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