Advisory ID: HTB23065 Reference: https://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_knowledgetree_community_edition.html Product: KnowledgeTree Commercial and Community Editions Vendor: KnowledgeTree Inc. ( http://knowledgetree.org ) Vulnerable Version: 3.7.0.2 and probably prior Tested Version: 3.7.0.2 Vendor Notification: 21 December 2011 Vendor Patch: 23 December 2011 Vulnerability Type: XSS Status: Fixed by Vendor Risk Level: Medium Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab ( https://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/ ) Advisory Details: High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in KnowledgeTree Community Edition, which can be exploited to perform cross-site scripting attacks. Input appended to the URL after multiple files is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site The following PoC code is available: http://[host]/login.php/%22onmouseover=alert%28document.cookie%29;%3E http://[host]/admin.php/%22onmouseover=alert%28document.cookie%29;%3E http://[host]/admin.php/%22onmouseover=alert%28document.cookie%29;%3E http://[host]/preferences.php/%22onmouseover=alert%28document.cookie%29;%3E Successful exploitation of this vulnerabilities requires that Apache's directive "AcceptPathInfo" is set to "on" or "default" (default value is "default"). Solution: Apply Vendor patch: http://www.knowledgetree.org/Security_advisory:_URL_Manipulation Disclaimer: Details of this Advisory may be updated in order to provide as accurate information as possible. The latest version of the Advisory is available on the web page in Reference field.
