Gelatocms 0.95 admin/comments.php content cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Gelatocms 0.95. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file admin/comments.php. This manipulation of the argument content causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2008-7039. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Gelatocms 0.95 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file admin/comments.php. The manipulation of the argument content 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. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/comments.php in Gelato CMS 0.95 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the content parameter in a comment. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was presented 02/04/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-7039 since 08/23/2009. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:admin/comments.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40264), SecurityFocus (BID 27587†) and OSVDB (44310†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/04/2008 🔍
02/04/2008 +0 days 🔍
04/12/2008 +68 days 🔍
04/28/2008 +16 days 🔍
08/23/2009 +481 days 🔍
08/24/2009 +1 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +2032 days 🔍
08/15/2017 +881 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-7039 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-7039
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49603
X-Force: 40264
SecurityFocus: 27587 - Gelato CMS 'Comments.php' HTML Injection Vulnerability
OSVDB: 44310 - Gelato CMS admin/comments.php content Parameter XSS

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/15/2017 09:22
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (47), 08/15/2017 09:22 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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