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Multiple XSS in pragmaMx

Advisory ID:HTB23090
Product:pragmaMx
Vendor:pragmaMx Team
Vulnerable Versions:1.12.1 and probably prior
Tested Version:1.12.1
Advisory Publication:May 2, 2012 [without technical details]
Vendor Notification:May 2, 2012
Vendor Fix:May 4, 2012
Public Disclosure:May 23, 2012
Latest Update:May 21, 2012
Vulnerability Type:Cross-Site Scripting [CWE-79]
CVE Reference:CVE-2012-2452
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 multiple vulnerabilities in pragmaMx, which can be exploited to perform Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.

1) Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in pragmaMx: CVE-2012-2452
1.1 Input passed via a name of a GET parameter to modules.php is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user.
This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in administrator's browser session in context of affected website.
The following PoC (Proof of Concept) demonstrates the vulnerability:
http://[host]/modules.php?name=Themetest&%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28%22XSS%22 %29;%3C/script%3E
1.2 Input passed via the "img_url" GET parameter to /includes/wysiwyg/spaw/editor/plugins/imgpopup/img_popup.php is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user.
This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser session in context of affected website.
The following PoC (Proof of Concept) demonstrates the vulnerability:
http://[host]/includes/wysiwyg/spaw/editor/plugins/imgpopup/img_popup.php?im g_url=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;%3C/script%3E

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Solution:
Upgrade to pragmaMx 1.12.2

More Information:
http://www.pragmamx.org/Forum-topic-33554.html
http://www.pragmamx.org/News-pragmaMx-1.12-Servicepack2-item-706.html


References:
[1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB23090 - https://www.immuniweb.com/advisory/HTB23090 - Multiple XSS in pragmaMx.
[2] pragmaMx - http://www.pragmamx.org/ - pragmaMx is a content management system written in PHP.
[3] Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) - http://cve.mitre.org/ - international in scope and free for public use, CVE® is a dictionary of publicly known information security vulnerabilities and exposures.
[4] 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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