Visualshapers ezContents 1.41 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Visualshapers ezContents 1.41. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2002-1085. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Visualshapers ezContents 1.41. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in ezContents 1.41 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute script and steal cookies via the diary and other capabilities.

The bug was discovered 07/25/2002. The weakness was disclosed 10/04/2002 by Ulf Harnhammar (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-1085. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 71 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10784 (VisualShapers ezContents Multiple Vulnerabilities).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9712), SecurityFocus (BID 5315†), OSVDB (9229†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6778†). The entries VDB-18994, VDB-18995, VDB-18996 and VDB-18998 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Ulf Harnhammar
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1085 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1085
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18997
X-Force: 9712
SecurityFocus: 5315 - VisualShapers ezContents Multiple Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 9229 - CVE-2002-1085 - ezContents - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Issues
Vulnerability Center: 6778 - XSS in VisualShapers ezContents 1.40, 1.41 via Diary Entry, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/29/2014 17:53
Updated: 09/08/2025 21:33
Changes: 07/29/2014 17:53 (55), 06/04/2019 09:38 (6), 09/08/2025 21:33 (18)
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