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Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in Limny

Advisory ID:HTB22431
Product:Limny
Vendor:Limny Team
Vulnerable Versions:2.1 and probably prior
Tested Version:2.1
Advisory Publication:June 10, 2010 [without technical details]
Vendor Notification:June 10, 2010
Public Disclosure:June 24, 2010
Latest Update:June 11, 2010
Vulnerability Type:Cross-Site Scripting [CWE-79]
Risk Level:Medium
CVSSv2 Base Score:4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Solution Status:Fixed by Vendor
Discovered and Provided:High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab
 

Advisory Details:

High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab has discovered vulnerability in Limny which could be exploited to perform cross-site scripting attacks.

1) Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Limny
The vulnerability exists due to input sanitation error in the " q" parameter in modules/language/language.php. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to /index.php script and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user`s browser in context of the vulnerable website.
Exploitation example:
http://host/?q=user%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29%3C/script%3E

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Solution:
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References:
[1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB22431 - https://www.immuniweb.com/advisory/HTB22431 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in Limny
[2] Limny - www.limny.org - Limny is a free and open-source content management framework with a focus on ease to use and develop
[3] Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) - http://cwe.mitre.org - targeted to developers and security practitioners, CWE is a formal list of software weakness types.

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