XSS in ecoCMS

[advisory () htbridge ch]

Vulnerability ID: HTB22353
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_in_ecocms.html
Product: ecoCMS
Vendor: ecoCMS Team
Vulnerable Version: Current at 18.04.2010 and Probably Prior Versions
Vendor Notification: 18 April 2010 
Vulnerability Type: XSS (Cross Site Scripting)
Status: Not Fixed, Vendor Alerted, Awaiting Vendor Response
Risk level: Medium 
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA (http://www.htbridge.ch/) 

Vulnerability Details:
User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application. 

The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "/admin.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "p" 
variable. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of 
cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data.

An attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available: 


http://example.com/admin.php?p=1%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29%3C/script%3E