Contrexx CMS Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	17128
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 16 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 17 2006 09:35PM
Credit:	Soot of the Shabgard Security Team is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Contrexx Contrexx 1.0.8 Contrexx Contrexx 1.0.7 Contrexx Contrexx 1.0.5 Contrexx Contrexx 1.0.4
Not Vulnerable:

Contrexx CMS Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Contrexx CMS 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.

Contrexx CMS Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability


This issue can be exploited via a web client.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/path/index.php/"><script>alert(/Soot/)</script>

Contrexx CMS 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]:[email protected]

Contrexx CMS Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Contrexx CMS Xss Vuln (Soot)
  
• Contrexx Home Page (Contrexx)