Mambo Site Server Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

vendor:

Mambo Site Server

by:

SecurityFocus

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Cross-Site Scripting

CWE

Product Name: Mambo Site Server

Affected Version From: 4.0.10

Affected Version To: 4.0.10

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: Mambo Site Server

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: N/A

2002

Mambo Site Server Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Mambo Site Server has been reported prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. It has been reported that certain user supplied URI parameters are not sufficiently sanitized by the Mambo Site Server. As a result of this deficiency an attacker may create a specially crafted URL that includes malicious HTML code passed to the index page used by Mambo Site server. This may allow for theft of cookie-based authentication credentials and other attacks.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to ensure that user supplied data is properly sanitized.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7135/info

Mambo Site Server has been reported prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

It has been reported that certain user supplied URI parameters are not sufficiently sanitized by the Mambo Site Server. As a result of this deficiency an attacker may create a specially crafted URL that includes malicious HTML code passed to the index page used by Mambo Site server. 

This may allow for theft of cookie-based authentication credentials and other attacks.

This vulnerability was reported to affect Mambo Site Server version 4.0.10 it is not currently known if other versions are affected.

http://www.example.com/index.php?option=search&searchword=<script>alert(document.cookie);</script>