Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in action.php in Nucleus CMS 3.31 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO, which is not quoted when processing PHP_SELF.
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
- Nucleus CMS 3.22 - 'action.php' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-31074 · webapps · Jan 20, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20080129 [!!FIX Information ] Nucleus 3.31 XSS in path mailing-list
- 20080129 Nucleus 3.31 XSS in path mailing-list
- 3593 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2008-0369 vdb-entry
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=66479&release_id=572117
- 28680 third-party-advisory
- 27492 vdb-entry
- http://www.nucleuscms.org/item/3047