SimpCMS 0.1 /admin.php Title cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in SimpCMS 0.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /admin.php. This manipulation of the argument Title causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-39248. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in SimpCMS 0.1. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the file /admin.php. The manipulation of the argument Title with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SimpCMS v0.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Title field at /admin.php.

It is possible to read the advisory at packetstormsecurity.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-39248 since 06/21/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. 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.

It is possible to download the exploit at packetstormsecurity.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:admin.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 vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-37878). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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

06/21/2024 🔍
07/03/2024 +12 days 🔍
07/03/2024 +0 days 🔍
06/15/2025 +347 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 179219
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-39248 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-39248
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-270307
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/03/2024 19:04
Updated: 06/15/2025 02:30
Changes: 07/03/2024 19:04 (54), 07/03/2024 20:16 (10), 07/06/2024 05:57 (2), 08/28/2024 03:32 (11), 03/21/2025 05:46 (3), 06/15/2025 02:30 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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