The Collective Acuity CMS 2.6.2 Username cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in The Collective Acuity CMS 2.6.2. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument Username leads to cross site scripting. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-4745. The attack may be initiated remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in The Collective Acuity CMS 2.6.2 (Content Management System). This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument UserName 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. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/login.asp in Acuity CMS 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the UserName parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 08/31/2012 by Aung Khant (Website). The advisory is available at yehg.net. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-4745 since 08/31/2012. 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 public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional.

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 (74919), Exploit-DB (37091) and SecurityFocus (BID 53048†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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04/17/2012 🔍
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03/23/2015 +934 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: yehg.net
Researcher: Aung Khant
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2012-4745 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4745
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-62002
X-Force: 74919 - Acuity CMS login.asp cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 53048 - Acuity CMS 'UserName' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM
Updated: 12/20/2024 09:48 AM
Changes: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM (50), 01/15/2018 11:43 AM (5), 12/20/2024 09:48 AM (20)
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