DCP-Portal 5.3.1 search.php/calendar.php q/year cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in DCP-Portal 5.3.1. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file search.php/calendar.php. Such manipulation of the argument q/year leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2003-1536. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in DCP-Portal 5.3.1 (Content Management System). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file search.php/calendar.php. The manipulation of the argument q/year 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. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Codeworx Technologies DCP-Portal 5.3.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the q parameter to search.php and (2) the year parameter to calendar.php.

The weakness was published 03/18/2003 by Ertan Kurt (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-1536 since 11/08/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:search.php/calendar.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11446 (DCP-Portal Multiple Script 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 11149 (DCP-Portal Calendar.php 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 (11602), Exploit-DB (22387), Tenable (11446), SecurityFocus (BID 7144†) and OSVDB (7021†). Similar entries are available at VDB-20211, VDB-23395, VDB-23394 and VDB-82050. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Nessus ID: 11446
Nessus Name: DCP-Portal Multiple Script XSS
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03/18/2003 🔍
03/18/2003 +0 days 🔍
03/19/2003 +1 days 🔍
03/20/2003 +1 days 🔍
03/23/2003 +3 days 🔍
12/31/2003 +283 days 🔍
06/15/2004 +167 days 🔍
11/08/2007 +1240 days 🔍
09/26/2014 +2514 days 🔍
07/13/2025 +3943 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Ertan Kurt
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-1536 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1536
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21440
X-Force: 11602
SecurityFocus: 7144 - DCP-Portal Calendar.php Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 8358 - DCP-Portal Cross-Site Scripting, Less Critical
OSVDB: 7021 - DCP-Portal search.php q Parameter XSS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 09/26/2014 17:29
Updated: 07/13/2025 20:59
Changes: 09/26/2014 17:29 (69), 04/22/2019 14:13 (1), 12/30/2024 12:40 (23), 07/13/2025 20:59 (5)
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