Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Pivot 1.40.4 and 1.40.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) menu or (2) sort parameter to pivot/index.php, (3) the value of a check array parameter in a delete action to pivot/index.php, (4) the element name in a check array parameter in a delete action to pivot/index.php, (5) the edituser parameter in an edituser action to pivot/index.php, (6) the edit parameter in a templates action to pivot/index.php, (7) the blog parameter in a blog_edit1 action to pivot/index.php, (8) the cat parameter in a cat_edit action to pivot/index.php, (9) a certain form field in a doaction=1 request to pivot/index.php, (10) the url field in a my_weblog edit_prefs action to pivot/user.php, or (11) the username (aka name) field in a my_weblog reg_user action to pivot/user.php.
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.
Exploit-DB 1
- pivot 1.40.4-7 - Multiple Vulnerabilities EDB-8941 · webapps · Jun 12, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 8941 exploit
- 35363 vdb-entry
- http://forum.intern0t.net/intern0t-advisories/1119-intern0t-pivot-1-40-4-7-multiple-vulnerabilities.html
- pivot-index-xss(51098) vdb-entry
- 35363 third-party-advisory
- pivot-visitor-xss(51099) vdb-entry
- 55085 vdb-entry
- 55086 vdb-entry
- 20090612 [InterN0T] Pivot 1.40.4-7 - Multiple Vulnerabilities mailing-list