Cross-site scripting in ImpressCMS - CVE-2012-0986

Detailed vulnerability description

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.

How to mitigate CVE-2012-0986

Sources

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0022.html
• http://community.impresscms.org/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=579
• http://secunia.com/advisories/47448
• http://www.osvdb.org/78140
• http://www.osvdb.org/78141
• http://www.osvdb.org/78142
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51268
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72145
• https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23064