CMSMini Vulnerable to Multiple XSS Web Vulnerabilities Identified With Invicti

Information

Advisory by Netsparker (now Invicti)
Name: XSS Vulnerabilities in CMSMini
Software: CMSMini 0.2.2 and possibly below.
Vendor Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cmsmini/
Vulnerability Type: Cross-Site Scripting
Severity: Critical
Researcher: Canberk Bolat
Advisory Reference: NS-12-012

Description

A small PHP application for managing content for small websites. Not intended for a cooperative group of editors and reviewers: simply one editor can insert new contents, immediately published on the web: “one task, one-click”

Details

CMSMini is affected by XSS vulnerabilities in version 0.2.2

http://example.com/view/index.php?path='%22--%3E%3C/style%3E%3C/script%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(0x0000A3)%3C/script%3E&p=cms.guestbook&msg=Message%20sent

Learn more about Cross-Site Scripting here:

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Solution

No fix.

Advisory Timeline

23/01/2011 – No contact info
19/10/2012 – Advisory released

Credits

It has been discovered on testing of Invicti.

References

MSL Advisory Link: /xss-vulnerabilities-in-cmsmini/
Invicti Advisories: /web-applications-advisories/

About Invicti

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