Cross-site scripting in Croogo CMS

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU17322

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1053

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in the administrative backend when processing "path" parameter passed to admin/file_manager/file_manager/editfile. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially 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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Croogo: 2.1.0 - 2.2.0

External links

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129916/CMS-Croogo-2.2.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/24
http://sroesemann.blogspot.de/2015/01/report-for-advisory-sroeadv-2015-02.html
http://sroesemann.blogspot.de/2015/01/sroeadv-2015-02.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71999
http://blog.croogo.org/blog/croogo-221-released
http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99890
http://github.com/croogo/croogo/issues/599

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.