PT-2020-12087 · Chadha · Chadha Phpkb Standard Multi-Language

CVE-2020-10417 · Published 2020-03-12 · Updated 2022-08-19

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 by injecting arbitrary web script or HTML in admin/manage-articles.php through the addition of a question mark (?) followed by the payload.

Recommendations For Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language version 9, consider restricting access to the admin/manage-articles.php endpoint until a proper fix is applied, and ensure proper validation and sanitization of user input to prevent XSS attacks.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-10417

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-2020-10417 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10417 · Security Note