Simple Invoices prior 2007-02-02 index.php having cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Simple Invoices. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file index.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument having results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-4932. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Simple Invoices. This affects an unknown function of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument having 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. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SimpleInvoices before stable-2012-1-CIS3000 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the having parameter in a manage action to index.php; (2) the Email field in an Add User action; (3) the Customer Name field in an Add Customer action; the (4) Street address, (5) Street address 2, (6) City, (7) Zip code, (8) State, (9) Country, (10) Mobile Phone, (11) Phone, (12) Fax, (13) Email, (14) PayPal business name, (15) PayPal notify url, (16) PayPal return url, (17) Eway customer ID, (18) Custom field 1, (19) Custom field 2, (20) Custom field 3, or (21) Custom field 4 field in an Add Biller action; (22) the Customer field in an Add Invoice action; the (23) Invoice or (24) Notes field in a Process Payment action; (25) the Payment type description field in a Payment Types action; (26) the Description field in an Invoice Preferences action; (27) the Description field in a Manage Products action; or (28) the Description field in a Tax Rates action.

The weakness was presented 12/28/2012 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-4932 since 09/17/2012. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:index.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 2007-02-02 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (38115). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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