David Degner phpCollegeExchange 0.1.5c home.php Home cross site scripting

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in David Degner phpCollegeExchange 0.1.5c. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file home.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument Home results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2009-2219. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in David Degner phpCollegeExchange 0.1.5c. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code of the file home.php. The manipulation of the argument home 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:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpCollegeExchange 0.1.5c allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) _SESSION[handle] parameter to (a) home.php, (b) books/allbooks.php, or (c) books/home.php; or the (2) home parameter to (d) i_head.php or (e) i_nav.php, or (f) allbooks.php, (g) home.php, or (h) i_nav.php in books/.

The weakness was shared 06/25/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-2219 since 06/25/2009. 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.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:home.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 (9008) and Secunia (SA35452†). The entries VDB-48758 and VDB-48637 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• David Degner

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• phpCollegeExchange

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• 0.1.5c

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