Bloofox CMS Affected by Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities Identified with Invicti
Information
Advisory by Netsparker (now Invicti)
Name: XSS Vulnerabilities in bloofoxCMS
Software: bloofoxCMS 0.3.5 and possibly below.
Vendor Homepage: http://www.bloofox.com
Vulnerability Type: Cross-Site Scripting
Severity: Critical
Researcher: Canberk Bolat
Advisory Reference: NS-12-015
Description
bloofoxCMS is a free open source content management system (CMS). bloofoxCMS is a small and easy-to-use CMS. It enables you to manage websites and intranet sites in a very simple way. It is slim but also flexible.
Details
bloofoxCMS is affected by XSS vulnerabilities in version 0.3.5
http://example.com/index.php?'"--><script>alert(0x0004B3)</script>http://example.com/index.php?search='"--><script>alert(0x0004B3)</script>
Learn more about Cross-Site Scripting here:
Solution
The vendor fixed this vulnerability in the new version. Please see the references.
Advisory Timeline
23/01/2011 – First contact
25/02/2012 – Vulnerability Fixed
31/10/2012 – Advisory released
Credits
It has been discovered on testing of Invicti.
References
- Vendor URL / Patch: http://www.bloofox.com/change_log.24.html
- MSL Advisory Link: /web-applications-advisories/xss-vulnerabilities-in-bloofoxcms/
- Invicti Advisories: /web-applications-advisories/
About Invicti
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