full-disclosure - [FD] Reflecting XSS vulnerability in CMS Sefrengo v.1.6.0

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Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2015 16:09:28 +0100
From: Steffen Rösemann <steffen.roesemann1986@...il.com>
To: fulldisclosure@...lists.org
Subject: [FD] Reflecting XSS vulnerability in CMS Sefrengo v.1.6.0

Advisory: Reflecting XSS vulnerability in CMS Sefrengo v.1.6.0
Advisory ID: SROEADV-2014-06
Author: Steffen Rösemann
Affected Software: CMS Sefrengo v.1.6.0
Vendor URL: http://www.sefrengo.org/
Vendor Status: solved
CVE-ID: -

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Vulnerability Description:
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The CMS Sefrengo v. 1.6.0 contains a reflecting XSS vulnerability in its
administrative backend.

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Technical Details:
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The CMS Sefrengo v.1.6.0 contains a reflecting XSS vulnerability in its
administrative backend, which resides in the main.php file:

http://{TARGET}/backend/main.php?area=user&idgroup=0&order=&ascdesc=ASC&searchterm=&page=1

Via the parameter "searchterm", an attacker is able to craft a link with
arbitrary HTML- and/or JavaScript-code which gets executed, if clicked on.

Exploit-Example:

http://{TARGET}/backend/main.php?area=user&idgroup=0&order=&ascdesc=ASC&searchterm=<script>alert(document.cookie)</script><!--&page=1

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Solution:
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Update to the latest version.

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Disclosure Timeline:
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28-Dec-2014 – found the vulnerability
28-Dec-2014 - informed the developers
28-Dec-2014 – release date of this security advisory [without technical
details]
04-Jan-2015 - patch by vendor
04-Jan-2015 - release date of this security advisory
04-Jan-2015 - post to lists

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Credits:
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Vulnerability found and advisory written by Steffen Rösemann.

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References:
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http://www.sefrengo.org/
http://sroesemann.blogspot.de

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