firmCHANNEL Digital Signage 3.24 index.php action cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in firmCHANNEL Digital Signage 3.24. This affects an unknown part of the file index.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument action results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2008-4931. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in firmCHANNEL Digital Signage 3.24. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown functionality of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument action with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the account module in firmCHANNEL Digital Signage 3.24, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the action parameter to index.php.

The weakness was released 11/04/2008 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-4931 since 11/04/2008. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl: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 (32566), OSVDB (49564†) and Secunia (SA32549†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-4931 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4931
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44871
Secunia: 32549 - firmCHANNEL Digital Signage "action" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 49564 - firmCHANNEL Digital Signage index.php action Parameter XSS

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 06/23/2025 16:57
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (51), 11/28/2017 07:05 (6), 06/23/2025 16:57 (23)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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