Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Mambo 4.5 (1.0.9) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) Itemid, (2) mosmsg, or (3) limit parameters.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Mambo Open Source 4.5.1 (1.0.9) - Cross-Site Scripting EDB-24614 · webapps · Sep 20, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- mambo-multiple-xss(20616) vdb-entry
- 20040918 Vulnerabilities in TUTOS mailing-list
- http://mamboforge.net/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=1672
- 11220 vdb-entry
- 10179 vdb-entry