SPIP "rac" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability


Description   (#A cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in SPIP.#A remote attacker could exploit it in order to execute arbitrary JavaScript or HTML code by enciting their victim into following a specially formed link.##This vulnerability, located in the "rac" parameter of the "ecrire/exec/plonger.php" script file, stems from a lack of validation upon user-supplied input.##Updated, 06/12/2016:#The spip packages provided by Debian Wheezy 7 and Jessie 8 are vulnerable.)
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable OS:
GNU/Linux (Debian) - 7, 8Vulnerable Software:
SPIP (SPIP) - 3.1.3
     
Solution   Debian has released version 8.8 of Jessie which fixes this vulnerability.
     
CVE   CVE-2016-9152
     
References   - SPIP : Fix #3847 : sécuriser exec plonger
https://core.spip.net/projects/spip/repository/revisions/23290
- Debian Security Tracker : spip
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9152
- DLA 738-1 : spip security update
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/12/msg00011.html
- Debian : Updated Debian 8: 8.8 released
https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170506
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
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3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'meta' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious tag with event found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'applet' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' attribute found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'img' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'a' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : cookie access attempt using script language found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'embed' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'object' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'form' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : javascript code found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : evasion attempt using tag characters encoding in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'link' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'script' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'location' javascript object found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Low 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2016-12-02 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote