#VU56837 Cross-site scripting in Konnichiwa!


Published: 2021-09-23

Vulnerability identifier: #VU56837

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-38317

CWE-ID: CWE-79

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Konnichiwa!
Web applications / Modules and components for CMS

Vendor: Kiboko Labs

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "plan_id" parameter in the ~/views/subscriptions.html.php file. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in 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
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Konnichiwa!: 0.7.9.1 - 0.8.3


External links
http://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38317
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/konnichiwa/trunk/views/subscriptions.html.php?rev=1625922#L7


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.


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