A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Cmsisweb CMS ISWEB 3.0 (Content Management System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument id_oggetto with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in index.php in CMS ISWEB 3.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the strcerca parameter (aka the input field for the cerca action) or (2) the id_oggetto parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was released 01/21/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-5933 since 01/21/2009. 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 public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by XaDoS and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 38 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.

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 Exploit-DB (7465). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 45992.

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• Content Management System

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• Cmsisweb

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• CMS ISWEB

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• 3.0

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