CMS Made Simple Local File Include and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

vendor:

CMS Made Simple

by:

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Local File Include, Cross-Site Scripting

CWE

Product Name: CMS Made Simple

Affected Version From: 1.6.2006

Affected Version To:

Patch Exists: NO

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CMS Made Simple Local File Include and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

CMS Made Simple is prone to a local file-include vulnerability and a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit the local file-include vulnerability using directory-traversal strings to view and execute local files within the context of the webserver process. Information harvested may aid in further attacks. The attacker may leverage the cross-site scripting issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may let the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Mitigation:

Update to the latest version of CMS Made Simple to fix these vulnerabilities. Sanitize user-supplied input to prevent local file inclusion and cross-site scripting attacks.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38234/info

CMS Made Simple is prone to a local file-include vulnerability and a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit the local file-include vulnerability using directory-traversal strings to view and execute local files within the context of the webserver process. Information harvested may aid in further attacks.

The attacker may leverage the cross-site scripting issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may let the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

CMS Made Simple 1.6.6 is affected; other versions may also be vulnerable. 

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http://www.example.com/cmsmadesimple/index.php?mact=News%2ccntnt01%2c%5c..%5c..%5c%5c..%5c..%5c%5c..%5c..%5c%5c..%5c..%5c%5c..%5c..%5c%5cboot.ini%00%2c0&cntnt01articleid=1&cntnt01showtemplate=false&cntnt01returnid=39