SNews SNewsCMS Rus up to 2.3 search.php Query cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in SNews SNewsCMS Rus up to 2.3. Affected is an unknown function of the file search.php. This manipulation of the argument Query causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2008-1413. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SNews SNewsCMS Rus up to 2.3. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file search.php. The manipulation of the argument query with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in SNewsCMS Rus 2.1 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter.

The weakness was presented 03/20/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-1413 since 03/19/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:search.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 X-Force (41243), Exploit-DB (31406) and SecurityFocus (BID 28262†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
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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: Highly functional
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Timelineinfo

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03/16/2015 +2552 days 🔍
10/20/2025 +3870 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-1413 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1413
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41623
X-Force: 41243 - SnewsCMS search.php cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 28262 - SNewsCMS 'search.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 10/20/2025 00:54
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (56), 11/16/2017 11:00 (1), 10/20/2025 00:54 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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