Astalavista Contrexx 1.0.4 Search term cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Astalavista Contrexx 1.0.4 and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Search Module. Such manipulation of the argument term leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-2416. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Astalavista Contrexx 1.0.4. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Search Module. The manipulation of the argument term 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:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Contrexx before 1.0.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) term parameter to the search module or (2) title in the blog aggregation module.

The bug was discovered 07/08/2005. The weakness was shared 07/22/2005 by Christopher Kunz with Hardened PHP Project (Website). The advisory is shared for download at hardened-php.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-2416 since 08/03/2005. 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 even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 14 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 1.0.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21487), SecurityFocus (BID 14352†), OSVDB (18168†), Secunia (SA16169†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1014554†). The entries VDB-25905, VDB-25903, VDB-82800 and VDB-82801 are related to this item. 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-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Contrexx 1.0.5

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Advisory: hardened-php.net
Researcher: Christopher Kunz
Organization: Hardened PHP Project
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-2416 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2416
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25904
X-Force: 21487 - Contrexx blog entry cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 14352 - Contrexx Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 16169 - Contrexx CMS Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 18168 - Contrexx CMS Search Form term Parameter XSS
SecurityTracker: 1014554

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 07/10/2018 08:57
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (66), 07/10/2018 08:57 (8)
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