CMS Made Simple up to 2.2.10 m1_title Persistent cross site scripting ⚔ [Disputed]

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in CMS Made Simple up to 2.2.10. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument m1_title results in cross site scripting (Persistent). This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2019-11226. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. The presence of this vulnerability remains uncertain at this time. It is best to exchange the affected component with an alternative.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in CMS Made Simple up to 2.2.10 (Content Management System). Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument m1_title with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Persistent). CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

CMS Made Simple 2.2.10 has XSS via the m1_name parameter in "Add Article" under Content -> Content Manager -> News.

The weakness was disclosed 05/22/2019 by Manuel Garcia Cardenas as CMS Made Simple 2.2.10 - (Authenticated) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting as confirmed mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is available at seclists.org. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-11226 since 04/12/2019. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. A authentication is necessary for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed by Manuel Garcia Cardenas and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at seclists.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The code used by the exploit is:

<input type="text" id="fld1" name="m1_title"
value="test"><script>alert(1)</script>

The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with as an alternative.

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Type

• Content Management System

Name

• CMS Made Simple

Version

• 2.2.0
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.3
• 2.2.4
• 2.2.5
• 2.2.6
• 2.2.7
• 2.2.8
• 2.2.9
• 2.2.10

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• open-source

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