PT-2008-3494 · Exponent · Exponent Cms

Published 2008-04-27 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-1972

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Exponent CMS versions 0.96.6-GA20071003 and earlier

Description The issue concerns multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the user account creation feature. When the Allow Registration? configuration option is enabled, remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the username, firstname, lastname, and e-mail address fields.

Recommendations For Exponent CMS versions 0.96.6-GA20071003 and earlier, consider disabling the user account creation feature until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the user account creation page to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the username, firstname, lastname, and e-mail address fields in the affected feature until the issue is resolved.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1972

Affected Products

Exponent Cms

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1972 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29875 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28834 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41878 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1972 · Note
• http://exponentcms.org/index.php?action=view&id=64&module=newsmodule&src=%40random44fe03276195 · Note
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=592961&group_id=118524 · Note