#VU44137 Cross-site scripting in Plume CMS - CVE-2012-2156

 

#VU44137 Cross-site scripting in Plume CMS - CVE-2012-2156

Published: April 11, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU44137
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2156
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Plume CMS
Software vendor:
plume-cms.net

Description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in Plume CMS 1.2.4 and earlier when processing (1) the u_email parameter (aka Authors Email field) to manager/users.php, (2) the u_realname parameter (aka Authors Name field) to manager/users.php, or (3) the c_author parameter (aka Author field) in an ADD A COMMENT section. 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 currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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