CVE-2012-1005

medium

Published 2012-02-07 · 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

5.3

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Sphinx Software Mobile Web Server 3.1.2.47 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the comment parameter to a blog, as demonstrated using (1) Blog/MyFirstBlog.txt or (2) Blog/AboutSomething.txt.

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-18451 webapps windows verified text · 2 KB

SecPod Research · 2012-02-02

Sphinix Mobile Web Server 3.1.2.47 - Multiple Persistent Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

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# Title    : Sphinix Mobile Web Server Multiple Persistent XSS Vulnerabilities
# Author   : Prabhu S Angadi SecPod Technologies (www.secpod.com)
# Vendor   : http://www.sphinx-soft.com/MWS/index.html
# Advisory : http://secpod.org/blog/?p=453
#            http://secpod.org/advisories/SecPod_SPHINX_SOFT_Mobile_Web_Server_Mul_Persistence_XSS_Vulns.txt
# Software : Mobile Web Server U3 3.1.2.47
# Date     : 01/08/2012
#
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SecPod ID: 1027					23/08/2011 Issue Discovered
                                                20/01/2012 Vendor Notified
						No Response
						01/02/2012 Advisory Released


Class: Cross-Site Scripting (Persistent)        Severity: Medium


Overview:
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Sphinx Software Mobile Web Server is prone to multiple persistent Cross Site
Scripting vulnerabilities.


Technical Description:
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Input passed via the 'comment' to 1)/Blog/MyFirstBlog.txt,
2)/Blog/AboutSomething.txt pages are not properly verified, which allows remote
attackers to inject arbitrary script code.


Impact:
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Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to execute malicious
scripts and steal sensitive data.


Affected Software:
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Mobile Web Server U3 3.1.2.47


Tested on:
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Mobile Web Server U3 3.1.2.47 on Windows XP SP2.


References:
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http://secpod.org/blog/?p=453


Proof of Concept:
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1) /Blog/MyFirstBlog.txt?comment=<script>alert(1234)</script>&submit=Add+Comment


2) /Blog/AboutSomething.txt?comment=<script>alert(1234)</script>&submit=Add+Comment


Vendor URL:
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http://www.sphinx-soft.com/MWS/index.html


Solution:
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Not available


Risk Factor:
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    CVSS Score Report:
        ACCESS_VECTOR          = NETWORK
        ACCESS_COMPLEXITY      = LOW
        AUTHENTICATION         = NOT_REQUIRED
        CONFIDENTIALITY_IMPACT = PARTIAL
        INTEGRITY_IMPACT       = PARTIAL
        AVAILABILITY_IMPACT    = NONE
        EXPLOITABILITY         = PROOF_OF_CONCEPT
        REMEDIATION_LEVEL      = UNAVAILABLE
        REPORT_CONFIDENCE      = CONFIRMED
        CVSS Base Score        = 6.4 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Credits:
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Prabhu S Angadi of SecPod Technologies has been credited with the discovery of this
vulnerability.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
sphinx-soft	mobile_web_server	`3.1.2.47`

References

CWEs

CWE-79

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