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CruxPA XSS vulnerability

XSS vulnerability in CruxPA XSS vulnerability in CruxPA


Vulnerability ID: HTB22451
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_cruxpa_2.html 
Product: CruxPA
Vendor: CruxSoftware
Vulnerable Version: 2.00 and Probably Prior Versions
Vendor Notification: 21 June 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 "/newtelephone.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in multiple variables. 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:


1) Just add "" value to all fileds in form.
2) Open this url: http://host/ 
3) Open this url: http://host/todo.php?ID=$ID