Xoops Dictionary letter.php letter cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Xoops. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the file letter.php of the component Dictionary Module. The manipulation of the argument letter leads to cross site scripting. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Xoops (Content Management System) (unknown version) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the file letter.php of the component Dictionary Module. The manipulation of the argument letter with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is integrity.

The weakness was disclosed 08/28/2004 with CyruxNET (Website). The advisory is shared at cyruxnet.org. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:letter.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 (17154), SecurityFocus (BID 11064†), OSVDB (9394†) and Secunia (SA12424†). The entry VDB-22172 is pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Name

• Xoops

License

• open-source

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.3

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/28/2004 🔍
08/28/2004 +0 days 🔍
08/28/2004 +0 days 🔍
08/31/2004 +3 days 🔍
04/12/2016 +4241 days 🔍
10/04/2018 +905 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: cyruxnet.org
Organization: CyruxNET
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-82157
X-Force: 17154
SecurityFocus: 11064 - Nagl XOOPS Dictionary Module Multiple Cross-Site Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 12424
OSVDB: 9394 - XOOPS Dictionary Module letter.php letter Parameter XSS

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

Created: 04/12/2016 15:08
Updated: 10/04/2018 16:26
Changes: 04/12/2016 15:08 (44), 10/04/2018 16:26 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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