e107 'CAPTCHA' Security Bypass Vulnerability and Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

BID:36532

Info

e107 'CAPTCHA' Security Bypass Vulnerability and Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 36532
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 28 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 28 2009 10:20PM
Credit: MustLive
Vulnerable: e107 e107 0.7.16
e107 e107 0.7.15
e107 e107 0.7.13
e107 e107 0.7.8
e107 e107 0.7.5
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

e107 'CAPTCHA' Security Bypass Vulnerability and Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

e107 is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability and multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.

Successfully exploiting the security-bypass issue will allow an attacker to bypass the 'CAPTCHA' security mechanism. This may lead to other attacks.

The attacker could exploit the cross-site scripting issues to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

Exploit / POC

e107 'CAPTCHA' Security Bypass Vulnerability and Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Attackers can exploit the security bypass issue by using readily available tools. To exploit the cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, the attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

The following proof-of-concept URIs are available:

Solution / Fix

e107 'CAPTCHA' Security Bypass Vulnerability and Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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

References

e107 'CAPTCHA' Security Bypass Vulnerability and Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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