CVE-2012-1979

low
Published 2012-04-17 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
4.5

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in starnet/index.php in SyndeoCMS 3.0.01 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the email parameter (aka Email address field) in an edit_user configuration action.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

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

Exploit-DB

EDB-18686 webapps php verified text ยท 2 KB
Ivano Binetti ยท 2012-03-30

SyndeoCMS 3.0.01 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB
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# Exploit Title    : SyndeoCMS <= 3.0.01 Persistent XSS
# Date             : 29-03-2012
# Author           : Ivano Binetti (http://ivanobinetti.com)
# Vendor site      : http://www.syndeocms.org/
# Software link    : http://sourceforge.net/projects/syndeocms
# Version          : 3.0.01 and lower 
# Tested on        : Debian Squeeze (6.0) 
# CVE              : CVE-2012-1979
# Original Advisory: http://www.webapp-security.com/2012/03/syndeocms/
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Summary
1)Introduction
2)Description
3)Exploit
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1)Introduction
SyndeoCMS is a "Content Management System (CMS) for primary schools, which helps you manage and maintain your website. It can also
be a very usefull CMS for small companies or non profit organizations".

2)Description
SyndeoCMS 3.0.01 (and lower) is prone to a persistent XSS vulnerability due to an improper input sanitization of 
"email" parameter, passed to server side logic (path: "starnet/index.php") via http POST method. 
Exploiting this vulnerability an authenticated user - which is able to change his profile settings - could insert arbitrary 
code in "Site email" field that will be executed when another admin or user clicks on that user'profile.

3)Exploit 
Insert the following code in "Email address" field under  
"starnet/index.php?option=configuration&suboption=users&modoption=edit_user&user_id=<user_id_number>":
email@email.com"><script>alert(document.cookie)</script>

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
syndeocmssyndeocms{"endIncluding":"3.0.01"}
syndeocmssyndeocms2.4
syndeocmssyndeocms2.4.10
syndeocmssyndeocms2.5.00
syndeocmssyndeocms2.5.01
syndeocmssyndeocms2.6.00
syndeocmssyndeocms2.7.00
syndeocmssyndeocms2.8.00
syndeocmssyndeocms2.8.1
syndeocmssyndeocms2.8.02
syndeocmssyndeocms2.9.00
syndeocmssyndeocms3.0.00

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.