oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Mambo CMS 4.6.x | Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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Message-ID: <615919935.998757.1309292668366.JavaMail.root@zmail01.collab.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:24:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: coley <coley@...re.org>
Subject: Re: CVE Request: Mambo CMS 4.6.x | Multiple Cross
 Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Please use CVE-2011-2499

Thanks.

-- 
    JB


----- Original Message -----
> 1. OVERVIEW
> 
> Mambo CMS 4.6.5 and lower versions are vulnerable to Cross Site
> Scripting.
> 
> 
> 2. BACKGROUND
> 
> Mambo is a full-featured, award-winning content management system that
> can be used for everything from simple websites to complex corporate
> applications. It is used all over the world to power government
> portals, corporate intranets and extranets, ecommerce sites, nonprofit
> outreach, schools, church, and community sites. Mambo's "power in
> simplicity" also makes it the CMS of choice for many small businesses
> and personal sites.
> 
> 
> 3. VULNERABILITY DESCRIPTION
> 
> Multiple parameters are not properly sanitized, which allows attacker
> to conduct Cross Site Scripting attack.
> This may allow an attacker to create a specially crafted URL that
> would execute arbitrary script code in a victim's browser.
> If a user has already logged in to the application, an XSS attack will
> execute promptly.
> If not, it will execute after the user's successful logging in.
> 
> 
> 4. VERSIONS AFFECTED
> 
> Tested on Mambo CMS 4.6.5 (current as of 2011-06-27)

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