CMS Made Simple 2.2.7 admin/siteprefs.php metadata Stored cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in CMS Made Simple 2.2.7. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file admin/siteprefs.php. This manipulation of the argument metadata as part of Parameter causes cross site scripting (Stored). This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-10033. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in CMS Made Simple 2.2.7 (Content Management System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file admin/siteprefs.php. The manipulation of the argument metadata as part of a Parameter leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Stored). 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:

CMS Made Simple (aka CMSMS) 2.2.7 has Stored XSS in admin/siteprefs.php via the metadata parameter.

The bug was discovered 04/11/2018. The weakness was disclosed 04/11/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-10033 since 04/11/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. 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:admin/siteprefs.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.

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• Content Management System

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• CMS Made Simple

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• 2.2.7

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• open-source

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