gpEasy CMS "jsoncallback" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

by Carol~ Moderator - 4/27/12 7:02 AM

In Reply to: VULNERABILITIES / FIXES - April 27, 2012 by Carol~ Moderator

Release Date : 2012-04-27

Criticality level : Less critical
Impact : Cross Site Scripting
Where : From remote
Solution Status : Vendor Patch

Software: gpEasy CMS 2.x

Description:
Haunt IT has discovered a vulnerability in gpEasy CMS, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed via the "jsoncallback" parameter to index.php (when "gpreq" is set to "json") 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 vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.3.3. Prior versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 2.4.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Haunt IT

Original Advisory:
http://hauntit.blogspot.com/2012/03/en-gpeasy-233-html-injection-xss.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/48994/