PT-2020-12072 · Chadha · Chadha Phpkb Standard Multi-Language

Published 2020-03-12 · Updated 2022-08-19 · CVE-2020-10402

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language version 9

Description The issue concerns the handling of URIs in admin/header.php, which allows for Reflected XSS attacks. This can be exploited in admin/edit-category.php by adding a question mark (?) followed by the payload, enabling the injection of arbitrary web script or HTML.

Recommendations For Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language version 9, consider restricting access to the admin/edit-category.php page until a proper fix is applied, and ensure that all user input is properly sanitized to prevent XSS attacks. As a temporary workaround, consider validating and encoding all URI parameters to prevent malicious injections.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-10402

Affected Products

Chadha Phpkb Standard Multi-Language

References · 4

• 🔥 http://antoniocannito.it/?p=137#uxss · Exploit
• 🔥 https://antoniocannito.it/phpkb1#reflected-cross-site-scripting-in-every-admin-page-cve-block-going-from-cve-2020-10391-to-cve-2020-10456 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10402 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10402 · Security Note