VDB-30392 · CVE-2006-2556 · SA20128

Florian Amrhein NewsPortal 0.36 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Florian Amrhein NewsPortal 0.36. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-2556. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Florian Amrhein NewsPortal 0.36. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Florian Amrhein NewsPortal before 0.37, and possibly TR Newsportal (TRanx rebuilded), allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unknown vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 05/16/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at secunia.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-2556 since 05/23/2006. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 0.37 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at OSVDB (25578†) and Secunia (SA20128†). The entries VDB-30393 and VDB-83950 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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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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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: NewsPortal 0.37

Timelineinfo

05/16/2006 🔍
05/17/2006 +0 days 🔍
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05/23/2006 +5 days 🔍
05/23/2006 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3215 days 🔍
07/27/2018 +1233 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-2556 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2556
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30392
Secunia: 20128 - NewsPortal Cross-Site Scripting and File Inclusion, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 25578 - Florian Amrhein NewsPortal Unspecified XSS
Vupen: ADV-2006-1838

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 07/27/2018 09:08
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (56), 07/27/2018 09:08 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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