Ades Design AdesGuestbook 2.0 read.php totalRows_rsRead cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Ades Design AdesGuestbook 2.0. This affects an unknown function of the file read.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument totalRows_rsRead results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-4596. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ades Design AdesGuestbook 2.0. It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown processing of the file read.php. The manipulation of the argument totalRows_rsRead 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 read.php in AdesGuestbook 2.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the totalRows_rsRead parameter.

The weakness was published 12/30/2005 by r0t (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-4596 since 01/01/2006. 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. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After even before and not, 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:read.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 (23909), Exploit-DB (26992), SecurityFocus (BID 16090†), OSVDB (22111†) and Secunia (SA18244†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2005-4596 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4596
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27915
X-Force: 23909 - AdesGuestbook read.php cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 16090 - Ades Design AdesGuestbook Read Script Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 18244 - AdesGuestbook "totalRows_rsRead" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 22111 - AdesGuestbook read.php totalRows_rsRead Parameter XSS

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 03/09/2025 10:59
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (56), 07/16/2018 09:13 (8), 03/09/2025 10:59 (23)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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