PT-2020-12108 · Chadha · Chadha Phpkb Standard Multi-Language

Published 2020-03-12 · Updated 2022-08-19 · CVE-2020-10438

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 in admin/reply-ticket.php. This can be achieved by adding a question mark (?) followed by the payload.

Recommendations For Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language version 9, consider disabling access to the admin/reply-ticket.php endpoint until a proper fix is applied to prevent the injection of arbitrary web scripts or HTML. Restrict the handling of URIs in admin/header.php to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the payload parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-10438

Affected Products

Chadha Phpkb Standard Multi-Language

References · 5

• 🔥 https://antoniocannito.it/phpkb1#reflected-cross-site-scripting-in-every-admin-page-cve-block-going-from-cve-2020-10391-to-cve-2020-10456 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://antoniocannito.it/?p=137#uxss · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10438 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10438 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/34988 · Telegram Post