VARIOMAT news.php subcat cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in VARIOMAT and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file news.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument subcat can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2006-2721. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in VARIOMAT (the affected version is unknown). This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the file news.php. The manipulation of the argument subcat 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in news.php in VARIOMAT allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or web script via the subcat parameter. NOTE: this issue might be resultant from SQL injection.

The weakness was presented 05/31/2006 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-2721 since 05/31/2006. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

By approaching the search of inurl:news.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 X-Force (26877). See VDB-30537 for similar entry. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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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03/12/2015 +3207 days 🔍
09/09/2017 +912 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-2721 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2721
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30538
X-Force: 26877 - Variomat news.php cross-site scripting

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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 09/09/2017 05:49
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (44), 09/09/2017 05:49 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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