Pantha transLucid 1.75 NodeID cross site scripting

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Pantha transLucid 1.75. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation of the argument NodeID leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-2145. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Pantha transLucid 1.75. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument NodeID 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:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in transLucid 1.75 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (a) NodeID and (b) action parameters to the default URI, and the (c) NodeID parameter to the default URI for the admin section; and allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (d) Title (aka page name) and (e) Url fields in a (1) new or (2) modified page.

The weakness was disclosed 06/22/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at forum.intern0t.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-2145 since 06/22/2009. 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.

A public exploit has been developed by intern0t and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 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 Exploit-DB (8943) and Secunia (SA35389†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Pantha

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• transLucid

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• 1.75

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