Fkrauthan Phoenix View CMS up to 2-pre-alpha conf cross site scripting

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Fkrauthan Phoenix View CMS up to 2-pre-alpha. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Executing a manipulation of the argument conf can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2008-2533. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Fkrauthan Phoenix View CMS up to 2-pre-alpha (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument conf 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. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Phoenix View CMS Pre Alpha2 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) ltarget parameter to (a) admin/admin_frame.php and the (2) conf parameter to (b) gbuch.admin.php, (c) links.admin.php, (d) menue.admin.php, (e) news.admin.php, and (f) todo.admin.php in admin/module/.

The weakness was presented 06/03/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-2533 since 06/03/2008. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

A public exploit has been developed by tw8 and been published before and not just after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 25 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 (42314), Exploit-DB (5578) and SecurityFocus (BID 29130†). See VDB-42630 and VDB-42629 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Content Management System

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• Fkrauthan

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• Phoenix View CMS

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• 2-pre-alpha

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