Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Pligg CMS before 1.2.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) an arbitrary parameter in a move or (2) minimize action to admin/admin_index.php; (3) the karma_username parameter to module.php in the karma module; (4) q_1_low, (5) q_1_high, (6) q_2_low, or (7) q_2_high parameter in a configure action to module.php in the captcha module; or (8) the edit parameter to module.php in the admin_language module.
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
- Pligg CMS 1.x - 'module.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities EDB-37311 · webapps · May 23, 2012 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 53662 vdb-entry
- 49257 third-party-advisory
- http://pligg.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pligg?view=revision&revision=2441
- pliggcms-adminindex-xss(75834) vdb-entry
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23089
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-18/
- http://pligg.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pligg?view=revision&revision=2440
- pliggcms-multiple1-xss(75764) vdb-entry
- 45431 third-party-advisory
- http://pligg.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pligg?view=revision&revision=2452
- 53625 vdb-entry
- http://forums.pligg.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=15
- http://pligg.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pligg/trunk/modules/admin_language/admin_language_main.php?r1=2442&r2=2441&pathrev=2442