Web Reference Database up to 0.9.6 error.php cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Web Reference Database up to 0.9.6. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file error.php. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2015-6010. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Web Reference Database up to 0.9.6 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the file error.php. The manipulation 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. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Web Reference Database (aka refbase) through 0.9.6 and bleeding-edge before 2015-01-08 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) errorNo or (2) errorMsg parameter to error.php; the (3) viewType parameter to duplicate_manager.php; the (4) queryAction, (5) displayType, (6) citeOrder, (7) sqlQuery, (8) showQuery, (9) showLinks, (10) showRows, or (11) queryID parameter to query_manager.php; the (12) sourceText or (13) sourceIDs parameter to import.php; or the (14) typeName or (15) fileName parameter to modify.php.

The weakness was released 09/28/2015 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-6010 since 08/14/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:error.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.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-78068, VDB-78069, VDB-78070 and VDB-78072. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Web Reference Database

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• 0.9.0
• 0.9.1
• 0.9.2
• 0.9.3
• 0.9.4
• 0.9.5
• 0.9.6

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