SB2012031901 - Cross-site scripting in Dotclear

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1039)

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in Dotclear before 2.4.2 when processing the (1) login_data parameter to admin/auth.php; (2) nb parameter to admin/blogs.php; (3) type, (4) sortby, (5) order, or (6) status parameters to admin/comments.php; or (7) page parameter to admin/plugin.php. 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://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-02/0183.html
• http://dotclear.org/blog/post/2012/02/11/Dotclear-2.4.2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48209
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52221
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73565
• https://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/HTB23074