PHPNews 1.3 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in PHPNews 1.3. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2006-6356. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHPNews 1.3. It has been rated as critical. 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in templates/link_temp.php in PHPNews 1.3.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) url, (2) id, (3) subject, (4) username, or (5) time parmeter.

The weakness was presented 12/06/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-6356 since 12/06/2006. 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 highly functional.

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 (30664), SecurityFocus (BID 21404†) and Secunia (SA23214†). See VDB-33669 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Name

• PHPNews

Version

• 1.3

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

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/02/2006 🔍
12/03/2006 +1 days 🔍
12/06/2006 +2 days 🔍
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03/12/2015 +3018 days 🔍
08/09/2018 +1246 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-6356 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6356
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33668
X-Force: 30664 - PHPNews link_temp.php cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 21404 - PHPNews Link_Temp.PHP Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 23214 - PHPNews "link_temp.php" and "cat_temp.php" Cross-Site Scripting, Less Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-4826

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 08/09/2018 07:39
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (50), 08/09/2018 07:39 (7)
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