Exploiting a Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Mambo CMS
- Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 3:53
- Articles, Threat Research
In this video we look into the details of how an attacker is able to exploit a Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Mambo CMS (version: 4.6.5), discovered by Bogdan Calin with Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner.
This vulnerability is affecting a POST parameter in the Mambo CMS administration interface. The attacker prepares a custom web page, which when the victim visits it, a form will be automatically submitted in the background, thus exploiting the vulnerability. The form is hidden from the user in an iframe tag.
Once the victim, in this case a Mambo administrator visits this page, his cookie details are logged into a file, which the attacker can use to gain access to the Mambo CMS administration interface. Watch the full video for more in-depth details.
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