XSS and CSRF Vulnerabilities in Gutuma
Information
Advisory by Netsparker (now Invicti)
Name: XSS & CSRF Vulnerabilities in Gutuma
Software: Gutuma 1.6 and possibly below.
Vendor Homepage: https://sourceforge.net/projects/gutuma/
Vulnerability Type: XSS & CSRF
Severity: Critical
Researcher: Omar Kurt
Advisory Reference: NS-13-010
Description
Gutuma was born out of the need for free mailing list / newsletter software that is geared, not towards mass-marketing companies and spammers, but web deGutuma was born out of the need for free mailing list / newsletter software that is geared, not towards mass-marketing companies and spammers, but web developers who need a system that can be easily integrated with an existing web site. It’s very easy to install and use, and doesn’t even require a database, but it still has lots of powerful features. Internally, Gutuma uses the tried and tested Swift mailer for sending messages, and the SACK library for AJAX subscribe requests.
Details
Gutuma is affected by XSS and CSRF vulnerabilities in version 1.6. Example PoC’s are as follows:
- XSS
http://example.com/subscribe.php
POST – param:subscribe_address='"--></style></script><script>alert(0x000390)</script> - CSRF
http://example.com/settings.php
It’s possible to change administrator’s password, email or username
Form Name: edit_form
Learn more about Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities:
Advisory Timeline
05/09/2013 – First contact: No response
09/10/2013 – Advisory Released
Credits
It has been discovered on testing of Invicti Web Application Security Scanner.
References
- Invicti Advisories: /web-applications-advisories/
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