MODx HTML Injection Vulnerability and Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	27672
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-7243 CVE-2008-7242
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 07 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 06 2016 02:17PM
Credit:	Alexandr Polyakov and Stas Svistunovich are credited with the discovery of these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerable:	MODx MODx 0.9.6 .1p1 MODx MODx 0.9.6 .1
Not Vulnerable:

MODx HTML Injection Vulnerability and Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

MODx is prone to an HTML-injection vulnerability and multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage these issues to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

MODx 0.9.6.1 and 0.9.6.1p1 are vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

MODx HTML Injection Vulnerability and Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Attackers can exploit these issues through a browser. To exploit the cross-site scripting issue, attackers must entice an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

The following example URIs are available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/27672.html

MODx HTML Injection Vulnerability and Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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

MODx HTML Injection Vulnerability and Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

References:

• Vendor Homepage (MODx)
  
• [DSECRG-08-013] Modx 0.9.6.1, 0.9.6.1p1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities ("Digital Security Research Group \[DSecRG\]" )