Boesch-it SimpNews 2.41.03 backurl cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Boesch-it SimpNews 2.41.03. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation of the argument backurl leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-4874. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Boesch-it SimpNews 2.41.03. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument backurl with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SimpNews 2.41.03 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) l_username parameter to admin/layout2b.php, and the (2) backurl parameter to comment.php.

The weakness was shared 09/26/2007 by Jesper Jurcenoks (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-4874 since 09/13/2007. 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.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36774), Exploit-DB (30618), SecurityFocus (BID 25809†) and Secunia (SA26965†). The entries VDB-38995, VDB-38990 and VDB-38989 are related to this item. 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-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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12/22/2025 +3934 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Jesper Jurcenoks
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-4874 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4874
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38954
X-Force: 36774 - SimpNews comment.php layout2b.php cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 25809 - SimpNews Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26965 - SimpNews Two Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Less Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 12/22/2025 09:55
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (55), 09/09/2018 11:30 (8), 12/22/2025 09:55 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:873:103

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