LifeType 1.2.7 admin.php searchTerms cross site scripting

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
4.1$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in LifeType 1.2.7. Affected is an unknown function of the file admin.php. Such manipulation of the argument searchTerms leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2008-2178. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in LifeType 1.2.7. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file admin.php. The manipulation of the argument searchTerms 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.php in LifeType 1.2.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the searchTerms parameter in an editArticleCategories operation (aka an admin category search).

The weakness was presented 05/13/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-2178 since 05/13/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:admin.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42151), SecurityFocus (BID 29017†) and Secunia (SA30075†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Name

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Highly functional
Google Hack: 🔍

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

05/02/2008 🔍
05/05/2008 +3 days 🔍
05/13/2008 +8 days 🔍
05/13/2008 +0 days 🔍
05/13/2008 +0 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2498 days 🔍
09/24/2018 +1288 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2008-2178 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2178
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42338
X-Force: 42151 - LifeType admin.php cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 29017 - LifeType 'admin.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 30075 - LifeType "searchTerms" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Less Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 09/24/2018 08:59
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (50), 09/24/2018 08:59 (8)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216:3A8:103

If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you want to use VulDB in your project?

Use the official API to access entries easily!