SB2011100501 - Multiple vulnerabilities in GetSimple CMS
Published: October 5, 2011 Updated: August 11, 2020
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-5052)
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in admin/components.php in GetSimple CMS 2.01 when processing val. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4863)
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in admin/changedata.php in GetSimple CMS 2.01 when processing post-title parameter. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.
References
- http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_getsimple_cms.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511458/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40374
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/1009-exploits/getsimplecms201-xss.txt
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8420
- http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_getsimple_cms_1.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514043/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43593
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62177