Chatelao PHP Address Book up to 6.2.12 preferences.php from cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Chatelao PHP Address Book up to 6.2.12 and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the file preferences.php of the component Address Book. Such manipulation of the argument from leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-1912. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Chatelao PHP Address Book up to 6.2.12 (Programming Language Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file preferences.php of the component Address Book. The manipulation of the argument from with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in preferences.php in PHP Address Book 7.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the from parameter. NOTE: the index.php vector is already covered by CVE-2008-2566.

The weakness was disclosed 09/09/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-1912 since 03/26/2012. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

A public exploit has been developed by Stefan Schurtz and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 183 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:preferences.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 (73944), Exploit-DB (18578), SecurityFocus (BID 53598†), OSVDB (80832†) and Secunia (SA42781†). The entries VDB-60767 and VDB-62191 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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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: Stefan Schurtz
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03/10/2012 +436 days 🔍
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02/17/2025 +3618 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: exploit-db.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-1912 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1912
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-62192
X-Force: 73944 - PHP Address Book preferences.php and index.php cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 53598 - PHP Address Book Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 42781 - PHP-addressbook Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 80832

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

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 02/17/2025 07:45
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (60), 02/05/2018 07:57 (10), 02/17/2025 07:45 (16)
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