XHP CMS Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	19948
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 11 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 12 2006 04:17PM
Credit:	HACKERS PAL is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Lars Matei XHP CMX 0.5.1
Not Vulnerable:

XHP CMS Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

XHP CMS is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

Version 0.5.1 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

XHP CMS Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via a web client.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/index.php?errcode=<script>alert(document.cookie);</script>

HACKERS PAL

XHP 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 if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected].

XHP CMS Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Vendor Homepage (Lars Matei)
  
• XHP CMS v0.5.1 Vuls Xss and Full path vuls (HACKERS PAL)