Cross-site scripting in XOOPS - CVE-2012-0984
Published: September 11, 2014 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in XOOPS before 2.5.5 when processing the (1) to_userid parameter to modules/pm/pmlite.php or the (2) current_file, (3) imgcat_id, or (4) target parameter to class/xoopseditor/tinymce/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/xoopsimagemanager/xoopsimagebrowser.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.
Affected software
How to mitigate CVE-2012-0984
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
- Exploit #4027 - XOOPS 2.5.4 - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (August 11, 2020)
- Exploit #3973 - XOOPS 2.5.4 - /tiny_mce/plugins/xoopsimagemanager/xoopsimagebrowser.php Multiple Parameter Cross-Site Scripting (August 11, 2020)
- Exploit #3974 - XOOPS 2.5.4 - /modules/pm/pmlite.php to_userid Parameter Cross-Site Scripting (August 11, 2020)
External References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-04/0128.html
- http://osvdb.org/81212
- http://osvdb.org/81213
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/111958/XOOPS-2.5.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48887
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18753
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53143
- http://xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6284
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75024
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_xoops.html