PT-2020-12131 · Chadha · Chadha Phpkb Standard Multi-Language

Published 2020-03-12 · Updated 2022-10-06 · CVE-2020-10461

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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 how comments are handled in article.php, specifically through a vulnerable function in include/functions-article.php. This allows attackers to execute Stored (Blind) XSS by injecting arbitrary web script or HTML in admin/manage-comments.php via the GET parameter cmt.

Recommendations For Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language version 9, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the vulnerable function in include/functions-article.php until a patch is available. Restrict access to the admin/manage-comments.php page to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the cmt parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-10461

Affected Products

Chadha Phpkb Standard Multi-Language

References · 4

• 🔥 http://antoniocannito.it/?p=137#bxss2 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://antoniocannito.it/phpkb1#blind-cross-site-scripting-2-cve-2020-10461 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10461 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10461 · Vendor Advisory