Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in XOOPS before 2.5.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) to_userid parameter to modules/pm/pmlite.php or the (2) current_file, (3) imgcat_id, or (4) target parameter to class/xoopseditor/tinymce/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/xoopsimagemanager/xoopsimagebrowser.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.
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
- XOOPS 2.5.4 - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities EDB-18753 · webapps · Apr 19, 2012 · verified
- XOOPS 2.5.4 - '/modules/pm/pmlite.php?to_userid' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-37092 · webapps · Apr 18, 2012 · verified
- XOOPS 2.5.4 - '/tiny_mce/plugins/xoopsimagemanager/xoopsimagebrowser.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities EDB-37093 · webapps · Apr 18, 2012 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 81212 vdb-entry
- 18753 exploit
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_xoops.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/111958/XOOPS-2.5.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6284
- 20120418 Multiple XSS vulnerabilities in XOOPS mailing-list
- 48887 third-party-advisory
- xoops-pmlite-xoopsimagebrowser-xss(75024) vdb-entry
- 81213 vdb-entry
- 53143 vdb-entry