netVigilance Security Advisory #54
SAXON version 5.4 XSS Attack Vulnerability
Description:
SAXON is a simple accessible online news publishing system for personal and
small corporate site owners. Publish news, using configurable templates, on any
.php page on your site. Publish news on a 'per author' basis. Edit and/or
delete existing news items. Create multiple RSS news feeds automatically (RSS
0.9, RSS 2.0 and Atom). Post date news items for later public release. Multiple
authors allowed. Ability to configure users as Standard or Administrators.
Ability to add/delete users (Administrators only). Option to change any user
password (Administrators only). Template creation/deletion/amendment interface.
Online setup and configuration.
Successful exploitation requires PHP register_globals set to On and
magic_quotes_gpc set to Off.
External References:
Mitre CVE: CVE-2007-4862
NVD NIST: CVE-2007-4862
OSVDB: Unassigned
BUGTRAQ/BID: Unassigned
Summary:
SAXON is a simple accessible online news publishing system for personal and
small corporate site owners.
Security problems in the product allow attackers to conduct XSS attacks.
Advisory URL:
http://www.netvigilance.com/advisory0054
Release Date:
10/29/2007
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Base Metrics:
Exploitability Metrics:
Access Vector:
Network
Access Complexity:
Low
Authentication:
None
Impact Metrics:
Confidentiality Impact:
Partial
Integrity Impact:
Partial
Availability Impact:
Partial
Temporal Metrics:
Exploitability:
Functional
Remediation Level:
Official Fix
Report Confidence:
Confirmed
CVSS Version 2 Vectors:
Base Vector:
"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"
Temporal Vector:
"E:F/RL:OF/RC:C"
CVSS Version 2 Scores:
Base Score:
7.5
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10
Temporal Score:
6.2
SecureScout Testcase ID:
TC 17991
Vulnerable Systems:
SAXON version 5.4
Vulnerability Type:
XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) to force a web-site to display malicious contents to
the target, by sending a specially crafted request to the web-site. The
vulnerable web-site is not the target of attack but is used as a tool for the
hacker in the attack of the victim.
Vendor:
Quirm
Vendor Status:
The Vendor has confirmed the problem and has release new version 5.41 that
addresses the problem. New version of product was tested and we can confirm
that all vulnerabilities were solved. For more information see vendor
announcement. To download the latest version go to vendors product download
area.
Workaround:
From netVigilance:
In the php.ini file set register_globals = Off.
From vendor:
Modify .htaccess file to include 'php_flag register_globals off' directive
(this will work only for the Apache servers).
Example:
REQUEST:
http://[TARGET]/[PRODUCT
DIRECTORY]/admin/menu.php?config[news_url]="><script>alert(document.cookies)</script>
REPLY:
will execute <script>alert(document.cookie)</script>
Credits:
Jesper Jurcenoks
Co-founder netVigilance, Inc
www.netvigilance.com
