Plume CMS 'manager/xmedia.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	27999
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-1048
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 21 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:32PM
Credit:	Omer Singer is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Plume-Cms Plume Cms 1.2.2
Not Vulnerable:

Plume CMS 'manager/xmedia.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

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

This issue affects Plume CMS 1.2.2; other versions may be affected as well.

Plume CMS 'manager/xmedia.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

The following proof of concept is available:

http://www.example.com/manager/xmedia.php?dir=theme/default/<script>alert("XSS")</script>&mode=

Plume CMS 'manager/xmedia.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Plume CMS Homepage (Plume CMS)
  
• The DigiTrust Group: Advisory #080219a - Plume CMS Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerab (The DigiTrust Group)