php-fusion 9.03.50 Preview Comment comments.php Stored cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in php-fusion 9.03.50. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file administration/comments.php of the component Preview Comment Handler. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting (Stored). This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-12718. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in php-fusion 9.03.50 (Content Management System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file administration/comments.php of the component Preview Comment Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Stored). 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:

In administration/comments.php in PHP-Fusion 9.03.50, an authenticated attacker can take advantage of a stored XSS vulnerability in the Preview Comment feature. The protection mechanism can be bypassed by using HTML event handlers such as ontoggle.

The weakness was presented 05/08/2020. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-12718 since 05/07/2020. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. 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:administration/comments.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-154897 and VDB-154895 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.5
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/07/2020 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-12718 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-12718
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-154898
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/08/2020 10:45
Updated: 05/08/2020 10:50
Changes: 05/08/2020 10:45 (37), 05/08/2020 10:50 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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