Insanevisions AdaptCMS 3.0.3 data[ForumTopic][subject] cross site scripting

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Insanevisions AdaptCMS 3.0.3. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation of the argument data[ForumTopic][subject] leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2015-1058. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Insanevisions AdaptCMS 3.0.3. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument data[ForumTopic][subject] 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 AdaptCMS 3.0.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) data[Category][title] parameter to admin/categories/add, (2) data[Field][title] parameter to admin/fields/ajax_fields/, (3) name property in a basicInfo JSON object to admin/tools/create_theme, (4) data[Link][link_title] parameter to admin/links/links/add, or (5) data[ForumTopic][subject] parameter to forums/off-topic/new.

The weakness was released 01/16/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-1058 since 01/16/2015. 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 LiquidWorm and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 (99617), Exploit-DB (35710) and OSVDB (116716†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-73678 and VDB-73677. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Insanevisions

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• AdaptCMS

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• 3.0.3

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