VDB-151418 · CVE-2020-10408 · GCVE-0-2020-10408

Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language 9 admin/header.php Reflected cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language 9. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file admin/header.php. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting (Reflected). This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-10408. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language 9 (Knowledge Base Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file admin/header.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Reflected). 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. CVE summarizes:

The way URIs are handled in admin/header.php in Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language 9 allows Reflected XSS (injecting arbitrary web script or HTML) in admin/edit-subscriber.php by adding a question mark (?) followed by the payload.

The weakness was presented 03/12/2020. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-10408 since 03/12/2020. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

By approaching the search of inurl:admin/header.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.

See VDB-151422, VDB-151421, VDB-151420 and VDB-151419 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Knowledge Base Software

Vendor

Chadha

Name

PHPKB Standard Multi-Language

Version

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 3.4
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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NVD Base Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Reflected
Class: Cross site scripting / Reflected
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/12/2020 🔍
03/12/2020 +0 days 🔍
03/13/2020 +1 days 🔍
05/11/2025 +1885 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: antoniocannito.it
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-10408 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-10408
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-151418
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2020 16:25
Updated: 05/11/2025 19:17
Changes: 03/13/2020 16:25 (37), 03/13/2020 16:30 (18), 04/14/2024 07:24 (17), 05/11/2025 19:17 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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