Pligg CMS 9.5/9.9.0 user.php keyword cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Pligg CMS 9.5/9.9.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file user.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument keyword can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-7089. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Pligg CMS 9.5/9.9.0 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the file user.php. The manipulation of the argument keyword 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:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Pligg 9.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the keyword parameter in a search action to user.php and other unspecified vectors.

The weakness was released 07/31/2008 with Gulftech (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-7089 since 08/26/2009. 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. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed by GulfTech Security in Perl and been published before and not just after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:user.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

A possible mitigation has been published 2 hours after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44187), Exploit-DB (6173), SecurityFocus (BID 30458†) and OSVDB (50186†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-49668 and VDB-49667. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: GulfTech Security
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Organization: Gulftech
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-7089 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-7089
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49666
X-Force: 44187 - Pligg user.php cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 30458 - Pligg Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 50186 - Pligg user.php keyword Parameter XSS

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

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 11/02/2024 21:52
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (66), 11/22/2018 08:30 (4), 11/02/2024 21:52 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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