Envolution News modules.php catid cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Envolution and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file modules.php of the component News Module. Performing a manipulation of the argument catid results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-4262. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Envolution (the affected version unknown). This affects an unknown part of the file modules.php of the component News Module. The manipulation of the argument catid with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the News module in Envolution allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) startrow and (2) catid parameter. NOTE: this issue might be resultant from the SQL injection problem (CVE-2005-4263).

The weakness was presented 12/13/2005 by X1ngBox (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-4262 since 12/15/2005. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:modules.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 Exploit-DB (26818), SecurityFocus (BID 15857†), OSVDB (21751†), Secunia (SA18069†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1015351†). See VDB-27514 for similar entry. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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12/13/2005 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: X1ngBox
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-4262 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4262
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27513
SecurityFocus: 15857 - Envolution Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 18069 - Envolution Cross-Site Scripting and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 21751 - News Module for Envolution modules.php Multiple Parameter XSS
SecurityTracker: 1015351 - Envolution Input Validation Holes in News Module Permit SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vupen: ADV-2005-2927

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

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 08/31/2025 00:05
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (58), 08/04/2017 08:52 (8), 08/31/2025 00:05 (23)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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