A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in BlackCat CMS 1.1.2 (Content Management System). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file backend/groups/index.php. The manipulation of the argument name 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. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in BlackCat CMS 1.1.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name in a new group to backend/groups/index.php.

The weakness was released 07/14/2015 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at packetstormsecurity.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-5521 since 07/14/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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.

By approaching the search of inurl:backend/groups/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.

Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 76508.

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• Content Management System

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• BlackCat

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• CMS

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• 1.1.2

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