`Advisory: Reflecting XSS vulnerability in CMS Croogo v.2.2.0
Advisory ID: SROEADV-2015-02
Author: Steffen Rösemann
Affected Software: CMS Croogo v.2.20
Vendor URL: https://croogo.org
Vendor Status: solved
CVE-ID: -
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Vulnerability Description:
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The filemanager functionality in the administrative backend of CMS Croogo
v. 2.2.0 is prone to reflecting XSS attacks.
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Technical Details:
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The filemanager of a common Croogo installation is located here:
http://
{TARGET}/admin/file_manager/file_manager/editfile?path=%2FApplications%2FXAMPP%2Fxamppfiles%2Fhtdocs%2Fcroogo-2.2.0%2Fpackage.json
By appending arbitrary HTML- and/or JavaScriptcode to existing filenames,
it gets rendered in the generated webpage. It seems not to be working by
appending code to existing directory names.
Exploit-Example:
http://{TARGET}/admin/file_manager/file_manager/editfile?path=%2FApplications%2FXAMPP%2Fxamppfiles%2Fhtdocs%2Fcroogo-2.2.0%2Fpackage.json<script>alert("XSS
in filemanager functionality of CMS Croogo 2.2.0")</script><!--
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Solution:
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Update to Croogo v.2.2.1.
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Disclosure Timeline:
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03-Jan-2015 – found the vulnerability
03-Jan-2015 - informed the developers by opening an issue on Github (see
https://github.com/croogo/croogo/issues/599)
03-Jan-2015 – release date of this security advisory [without technical
details]
12-Jan-2015 - fix by vendor (v. 2.2.1)
12-Jan-2015 - release date of this security advisory
12-Jan-2015 - send to lists
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Credits:
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Vulnerability found and advisory written by Steffen Rösemann.
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References:
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[1] https://croogo.org
[2] http://sroesemann.blogspot.de/2015/01/sroeadv-2015-02.html
[3] https://github.com/croogo/croogo/issues/599
[4]
http://sroesemann.blogspot.de/2015/01/report-for-advisory-sroeadv-2015-02.html
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