PT-2009-6471 · Harold Bakker · Newsscript

Published 2009-12-17 · Updated 2009-12-18 · CVE-2009-4348

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 Harold Bakker's NewsScript (HB-NS) version 1.3

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. This is achieved via the topic parameter in a topic action.

Recommendations For version 1.3, avoid using the topic parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the index.php file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-4348

Affected Products

Newsscript

References · 3

• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/10466 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37792 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4348 · Security Note