Helios Calendar 1.2.1 Beta admin/index.php Username cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Helios Calendar 1.2.1 Beta. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file admin/index.php. Such manipulation of the argument Username leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2007-5952. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Helios Calendar 1.2.1 Beta (Calendar Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file admin/index.php. The manipulation of the argument username 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:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/index.php in Helios Calendar 1.2.1 Beta allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the username parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

The weakness was presented 11/02/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityreason.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-5952 since 11/13/2007. 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. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:admin/index.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 databases at Exploit-DB (30734), SecurityFocus (BID 26312†), OSVDB (38408†) and Secunia (SA27490†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

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03/16/2015 +2680 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityreason.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-5952 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5952
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39668
SecurityFocus: 26312 - Helios Calendar Admin/Index.PHP Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 27490 - Helios Calendar "username" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 38408 - Helios Calendar admin/index.php username Parameter XSS

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 09/08/2025 22:02
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (49), 08/13/2017 19:34 (12), 09/08/2025 22:02 (23)
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