e107 CMS up to 0.7.2 email.php cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in e107 CMS up to 0.7.2 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file email.php. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2009-3444. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in e107 CMS up to 0.7.2 (Content Management System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file email.php. The manipulation 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 email.php in e107 0.7.16 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP Referer header in a news.1 (aka news to email) action.

The weakness was presented 09/23/2009 by MustLive (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-3444 since 09/28/2009. 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 and also 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. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:email.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 (9825), SecurityFocus (BID 36517†), OSVDB (58363†), Secunia (SA36832†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1022947†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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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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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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OpenVAS ID: 800946
OpenVAS Name: e107 Referer Header Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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09/23/2009 🔍
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09/24/2009 +1 days 🔍
09/25/2009 +1 days 🔍
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09/28/2009 +2 days 🔍
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03/18/2015 +1997 days 🔍
04/24/2025 +3690 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Researcher: MustLive
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-3444 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3444
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50263
SecurityFocus: 36517 - e107 News Email Referer Header Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 36832 - e107 Cross-Site Scripting and Script Insertion Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 58363 - e107 email.php HTTP Referer Header XSS
SecurityTracker: 1022947

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 04/24/2025 19:14
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (67), 07/11/2019 08:45 (1), 04/24/2025 19:14 (22)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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