Multiple XSS in Fork CMS

[advisory () htbridge ch]

Advisory ID: HTB23075
Product: Fork CMS
Vendor: Fork CMS
Vulnerable Version(s): 3.2.5 and probably prior
Tested Version: 3.2.5
Vendor Notification: 15 February 2012 
Vendor Patch: 28 February 2012 
Public Disclosure: 7 March 2012 
Vulnerability Type: Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
CVE Reference(s): CVE-2012-1188
Solution Status: Fixed by Vendor
Risk Level: Medium 
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab ( https://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/ ) 

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Advisory Details:

High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Fork CMS, which can be exploited 
to perform Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.

1) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Fork CMS: CVE-2012-1188

1.1 Input passed via the "type" and "querystring" GET parameters to /private/en/error 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 affected 
website.

The following PoC (Proof of Concept) demostrate the vulnerability:

http://[host]/private/en/error?type=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;%3C/script%3E
http://[host]/private/en/error?type=action-not-allowed&querystring=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;%3C/script%3E.1

1.2 Input passed via the "name" GET parameter to /private/en/locale/index 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 affected 
website.

The following PoC (Proof of Concept) demostrates the vulnerability:

http://[host]/private/en/locale/index?name=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;%3C/script%3E

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Solution:

Upgrade to Fork CMS 3.2.7 or later.

More information:
http://www.fork-cms.com/blog/detail/fork-cms-3-2-7-released

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References:

[1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB23075 - https://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/HTB23075 - Multiple XSS in Fork CMS.
[2] Fork CMS - http://www.fork-cms.com/ - Fork is an open source cms that will rock your world.
[3] Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) - http://cve.mitre.org/ - international in scope and free for public 
use, CVE® is a dictionary of publicly known information security vulnerabilities and exposures.

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