CMS Made Simple Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	14937
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 26 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 26 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	X1ngBox <at/> Gmail Com is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	CMS Made Simple CMS Made Simple 0.10
Not Vulnerable:

CMS Made Simple Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

CMS Made Simple is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code executed in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks.

This issue is reported to affect CMS Made Simple version 0.10; other versions may also be vulnerable.

CMS Made Simple Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept URI is available:
http://www.example.com/index.php?page=<script>alert(document.cookie);</script>

CMS Made Simple Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

CMS Made Simple Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• CMS Made Simple Homepage (CMS Made Simple)
  
• CMS Made Simple 0.10 is susceptible to a cross site scripting attack. (X1ngBox Gmail Com)