Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in News Manager Lite 2.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) email parameter to comment_add.asp, (2) search parameter to search.asp, or (3) n parameter to category_news_headline.asp.
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 3
- Expinion.net News Manager Lite 2.5 - 'comment_add.asp' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-23857 · webapps · Mar 20, 2004 · verified
- Expinion.net News Manager Lite 2.5 - 'search.asp' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-23858 · webapps · Mar 20, 2004 · verified
- Expinion.net News Manager Lite 2.5 - 'category_news_headline.asp' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-23859 · webapps · Mar 20, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- news-manager-xss(15548) vdb-entry
- 11180 third-party-advisory
- 4492 vdb-entry
- 9935 vdb-entry
- 1009507 vdb-entry
- 4493 vdb-entry
- 4494 vdb-entry
- 20040322 Vulnerabilities in News Manager Lite 2.5 & News Manager Lite administration mailing-list