e107 CMS up to 0.615a user.php URL/MSN/AIM cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in e107 CMS up to 0.615a. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file user.php. Such manipulation of the argument URL/MSN/AIM leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2004-2031. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in e107 CMS up to 0.615a (Content Management System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file user.php. The manipulation of the argument URL/MSN/AIM 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. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in user.php in e107 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) URL, (2) MSN, or (3) AIM fields.

The weakness was published 05/22/2004 by Chris Norton as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-2031 since 05/04/2005. 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 exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:user.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 (16241), SecurityFocus (BID 10405†), OSVDB (6410†) and Secunia (SA11696†). Similar entry is available at VDB-21859. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/21/2004 🔍
05/22/2004 +1 days 🔍
05/22/2004 +0 days 🔍
05/24/2004 +2 days 🔍
05/25/2004 +1 days 🔍
05/25/2004 +0 days 🔍
05/04/2005 +343 days 🔍
10/16/2014 +3452 days 🔍
07/11/2019 +1729 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Chris Norton
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-2031 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2031
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21860
X-Force: 16241 - e107 user.php cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 10405 - e107 Website System User.PHP HTML Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 11696 - e107 "user.php" Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 6410 - e107 user.php Multiple Parameter XSS

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

Created: 10/16/2014 17:24
Updated: 07/11/2019 08:41
Changes: 10/16/2014 17:24 (60), 07/11/2019 08:41 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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