CVE-2010-4607

low

Published 2010-12-29 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

3.6

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Habari 0.6.5, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) additem_form parameter to system/admin/dash_additem.php and the (2) status_data[] parameter to system/admin/dash_status.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-15799 webapps php text · 2 KB

High-Tech Bridge SA · 2010-12-21

Habari Blog - Multiple Vulnerabilities

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

Vulnerability ID: HTB22732
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/path_disclosure_in_habari.html
Product: Habari
Vendor: Habari ( http://habariproject.org/en/ ) 
Vulnerable Version: 0.6.5
Vendor Notification: 02 December 2010 
Vulnerability Type: Path disclosure
Status: Fixed by Vendor
Risk level: Low 
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/) 

Vulnerability Details:
The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "/system/admin/header.php" & "/system/admin/comments_items.php" script, it's possible to generate an error that will reveal the full path of the script.
A remote user can determine the full path to the web root directory and other potentially sensitive information.

Attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available:

http://[host]/system/admin/header.php
http://[host]/system/admin/comments_items.php

Solution: Upgrade to the most recent version


Vulnerability Details:
User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application.

The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "/system/admin/dash_status.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "status_data" variable when register_globals is on. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data.

Attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available:

http://habari/system/admin/dash_status.php?status_data[1]=<script>alert('XSS');</script>

Solution: Upgrade to the most recent version


Vulnerability Details:
User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application.

The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "/system/admin/dash_additem.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "additem_form" variable when register_globals is on. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data.

Attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available:

http://[host]/system/admin/dash_additem.php?additem_form=<script>alert('XSS');</script>

Solution: Upgrade to the most recent version

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
habariproject	habari	`0.6.5`

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.