Chi Kien Uong Guestbook 1.51 Message/Email cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Chi Kien Uong Guestbook 1.51. It has been classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Message/Email Handler. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2003-1136. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Chi Kien Uong Guestbook 1.51. This affects an unknown code block of the component Message/Email Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Chi Kien Uong Guestbook 1.51 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) HTML in a posted message or (2) Javascript in an onmouseover attribute in an e-mail address or URL.

The bug was discovered 10/26/2003. The weakness was disclosed 10/23/2003 by Joshua (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-1136 since 05/04/2005. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11443 (Chi Kien Uong Guestbook Cross-Site Scripting 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 (13523), Exploit-DB (23294), SecurityFocus (BID 8896†), OSVDB (2718†) and Secunia (SA10080†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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: Joshua
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-1136 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1136
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20907
X-Force: 13523
SecurityFocus: 8896 - Chi Kien Uong Guestbook Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 10080 - Chi Kien Uong Guestbook Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 2718 - Chi Kien Uong Guestbook XSS
SecurityTracker: 1008006
Vulnerability Center: 13968 - Chi Kien Uong Guestbook 1.51 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 08/15/2014 15:34
Updated: 07/20/2025 01:21
Changes: 08/15/2014 15:34 (65), 07/13/2019 16:23 (6), 12/29/2024 17:24 (23), 07/20/2025 01:21 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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