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5.7	$0-$5k	0.00

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Alkacon OpenCms 6.0.0/6.0.2. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument login with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Alkacon OpenCms before 6.0.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the username in the login page.

The bug was discovered 10/27/2005. The weakness was published 12/15/2005 by Marc Ruef with scip AG (Website). The advisory is available at vuldb.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-4294 since 12/16/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 14 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at alkacon.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Alkacon

Name

• OpenCms

Version

• 6.0.0
• 6.0.2

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: alkacon.com

Timelineinfo

10/27/2005 🔍
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12/15/2005 +23 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vuldb.com
Researcher: Marc Ruef
Organization: scip AG
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-4294 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1015365
SecurityFocus: 15882 - Alkacon OpenCMS Login Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 18046 - Alkacon OpenCms Login Page Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 21776 - Alkacon OpenCms Login Page ocUname Parameter XSS
Vupen: ADV-2005-2923

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 11/22/2005 10:09
Updated: 10/08/2018 15:44
Changes: 11/22/2005 10:09 (71), 10/08/2018 15:44 (10)
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