SB2014051412 - Cross-site scripting in GetSimple CMS

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1603)

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

An input validation error exists in GetSimple CMS 3.3.1 when processing the (1) param parameter to admin/load.php or (2) user, (3) email, or (4) name parameter in a Save Settings action to admin/settings.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://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/53
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67337
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/getsimplecms-3.3.1.txt