Boesch-it SimpNews up to 2.47.03 news.php cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Boesch-it SimpNews. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file news.php. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-2858. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Boesch-it SimpNews. Affected is an unknown function of the file news.php. The manipulation 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. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in news.php in SimpNews 2.47.03 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) layout and (2) sortorder parameters.

The weakness was presented 07/24/2010 by MustLive (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-2858 since 07/23/2010. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:news.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 X-Force (60244), Exploit-DB (34286), SecurityFocus (BID 41517†) and Secunia (SA40501†). See VDB-54139 for similar entry. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Boesch-it

Name

• SimpNews

Version

• 2.0.1
• 2.13
• 2.30
• 2.30.2
• 2.30.6
• 2.31.0
• 2.32.0
• 2.32.1
• 2.33.0
• 2.33.01
• 2.34
• 2.34.0
• 2.34.01
• 2.35.00
• 2.36.00
• 2.37.00
• 2.37.01
• 2.37.02
• 2.38
• 2.38.02
• 2.38.03
• 2.38.04
• 2.39.0
• 2.40.01
• 2.41.0
• 2.41.02
• 2.41.03
• 2.42.0
• 2.42.01
• 2.44.00
• 2.47.00
• 2.47.03

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.9
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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

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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OpenVAS ID: 801391
OpenVAS Name: SimpNews Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/09/2010 🔍
07/23/2010 +14 days 🔍
07/24/2010 +1 days 🔍
07/24/2010 +0 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1699 days 🔍
11/23/2025 +3902 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2010-2858 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2858
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54138
X-Force: 60244
SecurityFocus: 41517 - SimpNews Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 40501

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

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 11/23/2025 09:31
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (60), 02/06/2019 17:07 (1), 11/23/2025 09:31 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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