Adaptive Technology Resource Centre ATutor 1.5.1/1.5.1 Pl1/1.5.1 Pl2/1.5.3 Rc2 create_course.php Submit cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adaptive Technology Resource Centre ATutor 1.5.1/1.5.1 Pl1/1.5.1 Pl2/1.5.3 Rc2. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the file create_course.php. Such manipulation of the argument Submit leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-3484. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adaptive Technology Resource Centre ATutor 1.5.1/1.5.1 Pl1/1.5.1 Pl2/1.5.3 Rc2 (Learning Management Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file create_course.php. The manipulation of the argument submit 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in ATutor before 1.5.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) show_courses or (2) current_cat parameters to (a) admin/create_course.php, show_courses parameter to (b) users/create_course.php, (3) p parameter to (c) documentation/admin/, (4) forgot parameter to (d) password_reminder.php, (5) cat parameter to (e) users/browse.php, or the (6) submit parameter to admin/fix_content.php.

The weakness was released 07/05/2006 by Security News with Security News (Website). The advisory is available at atutor.ca. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-3484 since 07/10/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:create_course.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.5.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (28180), SecurityFocus (BID 18857†), OSVDB (27019†) and Secunia (SA20941†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-84229, VDB-84230, VDB-84231 and VDB-84232. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

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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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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ATutor 1.5.3

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: atutor.ca
Researcher: Security News
Organization: Security News
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-3484 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3484
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31226
SecurityFocus: 18857 - ATutor Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 20941 - ATutor Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 27019 - ATutor create_course.php Multiple Parameter XSS
Vupen: ADV-2006-2691

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 07/08/2025 16:07
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (53), 08/07/2017 08:57 (18), 07/08/2025 16:07 (19)
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