PHPNews Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

vendor:

PHPNews

by:

SecurityFocus

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Cross-Site Scripting

CWE

Product Name: PHPNews

Affected Version From: 1.3.2000

Affected Version To: 1.3.2000

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: N/A

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

2006

PHPNews Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

PHPNews is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage these issues to have arbitrary script code execute in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Mitigation:

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

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21404/info

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

An attacker may leverage these issues to have arbitrary script code execute in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

These issues affect version 1.3.0; other versions may also be vulnerable.

http://www.example.com/[path-to-PHPNews]/templates/link_temp.php?url=">[XSS]
http://www.example.com/[path-to-PHPNews]/templates/link_temp.php?id=">[XSS]
http://www.example.com/[path-to-PHPNews]/templates/link_temp.php?subject=[XSS]
http://www.example.com/[path-to-PHPNews]/templates/link_temp.php?username=[XSS]
http://www.example.com/[path-to-PHPNews]/templates/link_temp.php?time=[XSS]