PyroCMS "email" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability


Description   Omar Kurt has discovered a vulnerability in PyroCMS, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed to the "email" POST parameter in index.php/register is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.2.3. Other versions may also be affected.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
PyroCMS 2.x
     
Solution   No official solution is currently available.
     
CVE  
     
References   Mavituna Security (NS-14-012):
https://www.netsparker.com/critical-xss-vulnerabilities-in-pyrocms/
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious tag with event found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'meta' tag found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'object' tag found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'applet' tag found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : 'location' javascript object found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : javascript code found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'iframe' tag found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : code allowing cookie access found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'img' attribute found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'embed' tag found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'style' tag found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'div' tag found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : 'script' tag found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'style' attribute found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'style' tag found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : javascript code found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious tag with event found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'embed' tag found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : 'location' javascript object found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : code allowing cookie access found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : 'script' tag found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'style' attribute found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'applet' tag found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'div' tag found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'img' attribute found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'meta' tag found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'object' tag found in data
5.0.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'iframe' tag found in data
5.0.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Low 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2014-03-07 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote