phpAdsNew 2.0.4-pr1 adframe.php refresh cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in phpAdsNew 2.0.4-pr1. This affects an unknown part of the file adframe.php. Such manipulation of the argument refresh leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0791. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in phpAdsNew 2.0.4-pr1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file adframe.php. The manipulation of the argument refresh 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 adframe.php in phpAdsNew 2.0.4-pr1, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the refresh parameter.

The bug was discovered 03/14/2005. The weakness was disclosed 03/14/2005 by Maksymilian Arciemowicz (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0791 since 03/20/2005. 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 public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

After even before and not, 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:adframe.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17335 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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 (19692), Exploit-DB (25225), Tenable (17335), SecurityFocus (BID 12803†) and OSVDB (14787†). The entry VDB-24091 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 17335

OpenVAS ID: 17335
OpenVAS Name: phpAdsNew Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Maksymilian Arciemowicz
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0791 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0791
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24092
X-Force: 19692
SecurityFocus: 12803 - PHPAdsNew AdFrame.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 14592 - phpPgAds / phpAdsNew "refresh" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 14787 - phpPgAds / phpAdsNew adframe.php refresh Parameter XSS
SecurityTracker: 1013429
Vulnerability Center: 7371 - phpAdsNew Allows Path Disclosure and XSS, Medium

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

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 09/22/2025 20:23
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (76), 05/30/2019 21:46 (1), 09/22/2025 20:23 (23)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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