eZ Publish 2.2 articleview.php cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in eZ Publish 2.2. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file articleview.php. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2003-0310. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in eZ Publish 2.2. This issue affects an unknown code of the file articleview.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in articleview.php for eZ publish 2.2 allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary web script.

The weakness was shared 06/16/2003 by Ertan Kurt as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-0310 since 05/16/2003. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:articleview.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11644 (eZ Publish articleview.php XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11255 (EZ Publish Index.php IMG Tag Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (12031), Exploit-DB (22607), Tenable (11644), SecurityFocus (BID 7137†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1305†). The entry VDB-88263 is related to this item. 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-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 11644
Nessus Name: eZ Publish articleview.php XSS
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OpenVAS ID: 11449
OpenVAS Name: ezPublish Cross Site Scripting Bugs
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/18/2003 🔍
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05/21/2003 +5 days 🔍
06/16/2003 +26 days 🔍
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08/11/2014 +4064 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Ertan Kurt
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0310 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0310
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20549
X-Force: 12031
SecurityFocus: 7137 - EZ Publish Search Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 1305 - ezPublish Cross Site Scripting Attack, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2014 01:08
Updated: 08/19/2025 17:17
Changes: 08/12/2014 01:08 (66), 05/10/2019 11:04 (5), 12/31/2024 15:34 (27), 08/19/2025 17:17 (2)
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