VDB-27739 · CVE-2005-4498 · BID 16035

Text-e Text-e Cms up to 1.6.4 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Text-e Text-e Cms up to 1.6.4. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-4498. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Text-e Text-e Cms up to 1.6.4 (Content Management System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation 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 Text-e 1.6.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified search parameters.

The weakness was shared 12/21/2005 by r0t (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-4498 since 12/22/2005. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 SecurityFocus (BID 16035†) and OSVDB (22067†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

12/21/2005 🔍
12/22/2005 +0 days 🔍
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12/30/2005 +8 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3358 days 🔍
08/05/2017 +877 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: r0t
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-4498 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4498
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27739
SecurityFocus: 16035 - Text-E Search Module Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
OSVDB: 22067 - Text-e Search Module XSS

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 08/05/2017 09:17
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (47), 08/05/2017 09:17 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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