Ledscripts.com Lednews 0.7 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ledscripts.com Lednews 0.7. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument news leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0495. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Ledscripts.com Lednews 0.7. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument news with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in LedNews 0.7 allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary web script via a news item.

The weakness was disclosed 08/07/2003 (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-0495 since 06/27/2003. 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. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11741 (LedNews News Post 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 11402 (LedNews Post Script Code Injection Vulnerability).

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 (12304), Exploit-DB (22777), Tenable (11741), SecurityFocus (BID 7920†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2040†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

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Ledscripts.com

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Lednews

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.9
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 11741
Nessus Name: LedNews News Post XSS
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0495 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0495
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20657
X-Force: 12304
SecurityFocus: 7920 - LedNews Post Script Code Injection Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 2040 - LedNews 0.7 Cross Site Scripting Attack, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 08/14/2014 18:29
Updated: 08/13/2025 11:37
Changes: 08/14/2014 18:29 (61), 05/12/2019 17:27 (3), 08/11/2024 07:29 (25), 08/13/2025 11:37 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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