Nskate PHortail 1.2.1 poster.php cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Nskate PHortail 1.2.1 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file poster.php. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2009-4888. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Nskate PHortail 1.2.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file poster.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in poster.php in PHortail 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) pseudo, (2) email, (3) ti, and (4) txt parameters.

The weakness was published 03/09/2009 by Jonathan Salwan (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-4888 since 06/11/2010. 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 public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:poster.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 databases at X-Force (49143), Exploit-DB (32844), SecurityFocus (BID 34038†), OSVDB (52502†) and Secunia (SA34203†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Jonathan Salwan
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-4888 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-4888
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53540
X-Force: 49143
SecurityFocus: 34038 - PHORTAIL 'poster.php' Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34203 - PHortail Multiple Script Insertion Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 52502 - PHortail poster.php Multiple Parameter XSS
Vupen: ADV-2009-0631

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22 PM
Updated: 07/29/2025 03:04 AM
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 PM (46), 09/03/2017 01:43 PM (17), 07/29/2025 03:04 AM (21)
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Cache ID: 244:A9C:40

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