VDB-82532 · BID 13972 · SA15705

ATutor content.php cid cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in ATutor. Affected is an unknown function of the file content.php. Such manipulation of the argument cid leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in ATutor (Learning Management Software) (affected version not known). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file content.php. The manipulation of the argument cid 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 bug was discovered 06/10/2005. The weakness was disclosed 06/16/2005 by Lostmon Lords (Website). The advisory is shared for download at lostmon.blogspot.com. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:content.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 SecurityFocus (BID 13972†), OSVDB (17353†) and Secunia (SA15705†). The entries VDB-25559, VDB-82531, VDB-82533 and VDB-82534 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta 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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06/10/2005 🔍
06/16/2005 +5 days 🔍
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06/17/2005 +1 days 🔍
04/18/2016 +3957 days 🔍
10/12/2018 +907 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: lostmon.blogspot.com
Researcher: Lostmon Lords
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-82532
SecurityFocus: 13972 - ATutor Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 15705
OSVDB: 17353 - ATutor content.php cid Parameter XSS

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

Created: 04/18/2016 22:27
Updated: 10/12/2018 08:21
Changes: 04/18/2016 22:27 (44), 10/12/2018 08:21 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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