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Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerabilities in Flogr

Advisory ID:HTB23110
Product:Flogr
Vendor:Flogr
Vulnerable Versions:2.5.6 and probably prior
Tested Version:2.5.6
Advisory Publication:August 15, 2012 [without technical details]
Vendor Notification:August 15, 2012
Public Disclosure:September 5, 2012
Vulnerability Type:Cross-Site Scripting [CWE-79]
CVE Reference:CVE-2012-4336
Risk Level:Medium
CVSSv2 Base Score:4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Discovered and Provided:High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab
 

Advisory Details:

High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Flogr, which can be exploited to perform Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.

1) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerabilities in Flogr: CVE-2012-4336
Input appended to the URL after /index.php 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 website.
The following PoC demonstrates the vulnerability:
http://[host]/index.php/%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;%3C/scr ipt%3E/
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires that Apache's directive "AcceptPathInfo" is set to "on" or "default" (default value is "default")
Second PoC* demonstrates that any HTTP GET parameter is also vulnerable to XSS:
http://[host]/index.php?[any]=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;% 3C/script%3E
* Independently reported XSS in the "tag" GET parameter by LABORATORY RESEARCH TEAM (http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=656).

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Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches or other solutions. The vendor was contacted in accordance to our Vendor Notification Policy but we didn't get any answer or feedback.


References:
[1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB23110 - https://www.immuniweb.com/advisory/HTB23110 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerabilities in Flogr.
[2] Flogr - http://code.google.com/p/flogr/ - Flogr is a flexible script that displays your flickr photos in a customizable photo gallery you host on your website.
[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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