Expinion.net Inews Publisher up to 2.5 articles.asp ex cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Expinion.net Inews Publisher up to 2.5. The affected element is an unknown function of the file articles.asp of the component Publisher. The manipulation of the argument ex leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-6274. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Expinion.net Inews Publisher up to 2.5 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the file articles.asp of the component Publisher. The manipulation of the argument ex 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

SQL injection vulnerability in articles.asp in Expinion.net iNews (1) Publisher (iNP) 2.5 and earlier, and possibly (2) News Manager, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the ex parameter. NOTE: early reports of this issue reported it as XSS, but this was erroneous. The original report was for News Manager, but there is strong evidence that the correct product is Publisher.

The weakness was released 12/04/2006 by Aria-Security Team (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-6274 since 12/03/2006. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:articles.asp 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 (30510), SecurityFocus (BID 21296†) and Secunia (SA23123†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-33518. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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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: Highly functional
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Suricata ID: 2006813
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Timelineinfo

11/27/2006 🔍
11/27/2006 +0 days 🔍
12/03/2006 +6 days 🔍
12/04/2006 +1 days 🔍
12/04/2006 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3020 days 🔍
09/27/2017 +930 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Aria-Security Team
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-6274 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6274
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33611
X-Force: 30510 - iNews Publisher articles.asp cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 21296 - Expinion.net iNews Publisher Articles.ASP Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 23123 - iNews Publisher "articles.asp" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-4707

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 09/27/2017 10:18
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (58), 09/27/2017 10:18 (7)
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Cache ID: 216:13A:103

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