Habari CMS 0.9.2 Comment /habari/admin/comment comment_name Persistent cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Habari CMS 0.9.2. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file /habari/admin/comment of the component Comment Handler. The manipulation of the argument comment_name leads to cross site scripting (Persistent). The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Habari CMS 0.9.2 (Content Management System). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file /habari/admin/comment of the component Comment Handler. The manipulation of the argument comment_name with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Persistent). 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 presented 11/09/2016 by Benjamin Kunz Mejri as VL-ID 1999 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vulnerability-lab.com. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by Benjamin Kunz Mejri and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at vulnerability-lab.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-93684 for similar entry. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Benjamin Kunz Mejri
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/09/2016 🔍
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11/19/2016 +10 days 🔍
07/24/2019 +977 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: VL-ID 1999
Researcher: Benjamin Kunz Mejri
Status: Confirmed

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93683
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/19/2016 17:45
Updated: 07/24/2019 22:21
Changes: 11/19/2016 17:45 (47), 07/24/2019 22:21 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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