Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Jamroom

[High-Tech Bridge Security Research <advisory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Advisory ID: HTB23224
Product: Jamroom
Vendor: Talldude Networks, LLC
Vulnerable Version(s): 5.2.6 and probably prior
Tested Version: 5.2.6
Advisory Publication:  July 23, 2014  [without technical details]
Vendor Notification: July 23, 2014 
Vendor Patch: July 23, 2014 
Public Disclosure: August 13, 2014 
Vulnerability Type: Cross-Site Scripting [CWE-79]
CVE Reference: CVE-2014-5098
Risk Level: Medium 
CVSSv2 Base Score: 4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Solution Status: Fixed by Vendor
Discovered and Provided: High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab ( 
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/ ) 

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Advisory Details:

High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab discovered vulnerability in Jamroom, 
which can be exploited to perform Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.


1) Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Jamroom: CVE-2014-5098

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data 
after the "/search/results/" URI. A remote attacker can trick a logged-in user 
to open a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in 
browser in context of the vulnerable website.

The exploitation example below uses the "alert()" JavaScript function to 
display "immuniweb" word:

http:///search/results/?=%22onmouseover%3d%27alert%28%22immuniweb%22%29%27bad%3d%22%3E



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Solution:

Update Jamroom Search module to 1.2.2 version.

More Information:
https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/networkmarket/43/search?expanded_changelog=1

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References:

[1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB23224 - 
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23224 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in 
Jamroom.
[2] Jamroom - http://www.jamroom.net - Jamroom is a powerful and easy to use 
community CMS.
[3] Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) - http://cve.mitre.org/ - 
international in scope and free for public use, CVE® is a dictionary of 
publicly known information security vulnerabilities and exposures.
[4] Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) - http://cwe.mitre.org - targeted to 
developers and security practitioners, CWE is a formal list of software 
weakness types.
[5] ImmuniWeb® SaaS - https://www.htbridge.com/immuniweb/ - hybrid of manual 
web application penetration test and cutting-edge vulnerability scanner 
available online via a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model.

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Advisory is available on web page [1] in the References.