Vulnerability ID: HTB22417 Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/stored_xss_vulnerability_in_syntype_cms_comment_text_field.html Product: synType CMS Vendor: MindArray GbR Vulnerable Version: V.0.12.2 and Probably Prior Versions Vendor Notification: 03 June 2010 Vulnerability Type: Stored 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 comment text saving script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "cmnt_body" variable. 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. Just enter a comment text like: comment bit"><script>alert(document.cookie)</script> in the "Dein Kommentar" textarea.
