CVE-2008-6629 in WebShop Online
Summary
by MITRE
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in detail.php in WEBBDOMAIN Multi Languages WebShop Online 1.02 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 11/10/2024
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2008-6629 represents a classic cross-site scripting flaw within the WEBBDOMAIN Multi Languages WebShop Online 1.02 platform, specifically affecting the detail.php script. This type of vulnerability falls under the CWE-79 category known as "Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')", which is one of the most prevalent and dangerous web application security weaknesses. The vulnerability manifests when user-supplied input is not properly sanitized or escaped before being rendered in web pages, creating opportunities for attackers to execute malicious scripts in the context of other users' browsers.
The technical exploitation of this vulnerability occurs through the name parameter within the detail.php script, which accepts unfiltered user input and incorporates it directly into the web page output without adequate sanitization measures. Attackers can craft malicious payloads containing javascript code or html tags that get executed when other users view the affected page. This allows for a wide range of malicious activities including session hijacking, credential theft, defacement of web pages, and redirection to malicious sites. The vulnerability is classified as a reflected XSS attack since the malicious script is reflected off the web server and executed in the victim's browser without being stored on the server.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends beyond simple data theft or defacement, as it can enable sophisticated attacks such as those documented in the MITRE ATT&CK framework under the technique T1566 for "Phishing" and T1071.3 for "Application Layer Protocol: Web Protocols". The vulnerability allows attackers to establish persistent access to user sessions, potentially compromising entire user accounts and enabling further lateral movement within the affected system. Users who view infected pages become unwitting participants in the attack, making this vector particularly dangerous for web applications that rely on user interaction and trust.
Mitigation strategies for this vulnerability should focus on implementing proper input validation and output encoding mechanisms. The recommended approach includes sanitizing all user-supplied input through the name parameter using strict validation patterns that reject or escape potentially dangerous characters such as angle brackets, script tags, and javascript protocols. Additionally, implementing Content Security Policy (CSP) headers can provide an additional layer of protection by restricting the sources from which scripts can be loaded. The application should also employ proper output encoding when rendering user data in web pages, ensuring that any special characters are properly escaped to prevent their interpretation as executable code. This vulnerability highlights the critical importance of input validation and output encoding practices as fundamental security controls that should be implemented across all web applications to prevent similar XSS attacks.