Fork CMS up to 3.2.6 autocomplete.php term cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Fork CMS and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the file autocomplete.php. Such manipulation of the argument term leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-5164. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Fork CMS (Content Management System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file autocomplete.php. The manipulation of the argument term 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:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Fork CMS before 3.2.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the term parameter to (1) autocomplete.php, (2) search/ajax/autosuggest.php, (3) livesuggest.php, or (4) save.php in frontend/modules/search/ajax.

The weakness was shared 09/25/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-5164 since 09/25/2012. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

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

Upgrading to version 2.5.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (78957). The entry VDB-62440 is related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Fork

Name

• CMS

Version

• 2.0.1
• 2.0.2
• 2.1.0
• 2.2.0
• 2.3.0
• 2.3.1
• 2.4.0
• 2.4.1
• 2.5.1
• 2.5.2
• 2.6.0
• 2.6.1
• 2.6.2
• 2.6.3
• 2.6.4
• 2.6.5
• 2.6.6
• 2.6.7
• 2.6.8
• 2.6.9
• 2.6.10
• 2.6.11
• 2.6.12
• 2.6.13
• 3.0.0
• 3.1.0
• 3.1.1
• 3.1.2
• 3.1.3
• 3.1.4
• 3.1.5
• 3.1.6
• 3.1.7
• 3.1.8
• 3.1.9
• 3.2.0
• 3.2.1
• 3.2.2
• 3.2.3
• 3.2.4
• 3.2.5
• 3.2.6

License

• open-source

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