CuteNews 1.3.6 show.inc.php cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in CuteNews 1.3.6. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file show.inc.php. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-0645. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in CuteNews 1.3.6 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file show.inc.php. The manipulation 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 show.inc.php in cuteNews 1.3.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML, web script, and PHP code via the (1) CLIENT-IP or (2) X-FORWARDED-FOR header in an HTTP POST request to show_news.php.

The bug was discovered 03/01/2005. The weakness was presented 05/02/2005 by FraMe (Website). The advisory is shared for download at kernelpanik.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0645 since 03/04/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:show.inc.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17256 (CuteNews <= 1.3.6 Multiple 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.

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 (19551), Tenable (17256), SecurityFocus (BID 12691†), OSVDB (14309†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-7253†). See VDB-25879 for similar entry. 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: 17256
Nessus Name: CuteNews <= 1.3.6 Multiple XSS
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05/30/2019 +1542 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kernelpanik.org
Researcher: FraMe
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0645 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0645
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24548
X-Force: 19551
SecurityFocus: 12691 - CutePHP CuteNews X-Forwarded-For Script Injection Vulnerability
OSVDB: 14309 - CVE-2005-0645 - CutePHP - CuteNews - Cross-Site Scripting Issue
Vulnerability Center: 7253 - CuteNews 1.3.6 Cross Site Scripting Attack in show.inc.php Script, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 05/30/2019 16:40
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (67), 05/30/2019 16:40 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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