Alkacon OpenCms Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

BID:35979

Info

Alkacon OpenCms Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 35979
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 06 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 02 2009 08:10PM
Credit: Katie French
Vulnerable: Alkacon OpenCMS 7.5
Alkacon OpenCMS 7.0.4
Alkacon OpenCMS 7.0.3
Not Vulnerable: Alkacon OpenCMS 7.5.1

Discussion

Alkacon OpenCms Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

OpenCms is prone to multiple input-validation vulnerabilities because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

Exploiting these issues could allow an authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, steal cookie-based authentication credentials, compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.

OpenCms 7.5.0 is affected; other versions may also be vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Alkacon OpenCms Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

An attacker can exploit these issues via a browser. To exploit a cross-site scripting issue, the attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

The following example URI is available:

Solution / Fix

Alkacon OpenCms Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for details.

References

Alkacon OpenCms Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

References:

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