SB2012100703 - Multiple vulnerabilities in ImpressCMS

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SB2012100703 - Multiple vulnerabilities in ImpressCMS

Published: October 7, 2012 Updated: July 6, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2012100703
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0986)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in ImpressCMS 1.2.x before 1.2.7 Final and 1.3.x before 1.3.1 Final when processing the PATH_INFO to (1) notifications.php, (2) modules/system/admin/images/browser.php, and (3) modules/content/admin/content.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.


2) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0987)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in edituser.php in ImpressCMS 1.2.x before 1.2.7 Final and 1.3.x before 1.3.1 Final. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote authenticated users to include and execute arbitrary local files via a . (dot dot) in the icmsConfigPlugins[sanitizer_plugins][] parameter.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References