Advisory: Reflecting XSS vulnerability in CMS PHPKit WCMS v. 1.6.6
Advisory ID: SROEADV-2014-07
Author: Steffen Rösemann
Affected Software: CMS PHPKit WCMS v. 1.6.6 [Build: 1660014]
Vendor URL: https://www.phpkit.com/de/
Vendor Status: did not respond to issue
CVE-ID: -

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Vulnerability Description:
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The poll archive in the administrative backend of CMS PHPKit WCMS v. 1.6.6
is prone to reflecting XSS attacks.


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Technical Details:
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The poll archive is located in the following URL in a common PHPKit WCMS
installation:

https://{TARGET}/upload_files/pk/include.php?path=pollarchive&result=1

By appending arbitrary HTML- and/or JavaScriptcode to the parameter
"result", it gets rendered and reflects back on the webpage.

Exploit-Example:

https://
{TARGET}/upload_files/pk/include.php?path=pollarchive&result=1%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29%3C/script%3E%3C!--

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Solution:
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Vendor did neither respond to issue nor published a solution for this
vulnerability.


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Disclosure Timeline:
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29-Dec-2014 – found the vulnerability
29-Dec-2014 - informed the developers
29-Dec-2014 – release date of this security advisory [without technical
details]
12-Jan-2015 - release date of this security advisory
12-Jan-2015 - send to lists



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Credits:
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Vulnerability found and advisory written by Steffen Rösemann.

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References:
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[1] https://www.phpkit.com/de/
[2] https://sroesemann.blogspot.de/2014/12/sroeadv-2014-07.html
[3]
https://sroesemann.blogspot.de/2015/01/report-for-advisory-sroeadv-2014-07.html