Chipmunk Scripts Chipmunk Directory recommend.php entryID cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Chipmunk Scripts Chipmunk Directory. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file recommend.php. This manipulation of the argument entryID causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2005-3516. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Chipmunk Scripts Chipmunk Directory (the affected version is unknown). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file recommend.php. The manipulation of the argument entryID with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in recommend.php in Chipmunk Directory script allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the entryID parameter.

The weakness was presented 10/20/2005 by trueend5 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3516 since 11/06/2005. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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:recommend.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 (22823), Exploit-DB (26381), SecurityFocus (BID 15149†), OSVDB (20169†) and Secunia (SA17283†). See VDB-26864, VDB-26862, VDB-26861 and VDB-82999 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Local: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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05/12/2025 +3715 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: trueend5
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-3516 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3516
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26863
X-Force: 22823 - Chipmunk multiple scripts allow cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 15149 - Chipmunk Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 17283 - Chipmunk Directory SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 20169 - Chipmunk Directory recommend.php entryID Parameter XSS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 05/12/2025 03:13
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (58), 06/24/2018 12:56 (8), 05/12/2025 03:13 (23)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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