GeniXCMS v0.0.1 Persistent Script Insertion Vulnerability

Title: GeniXCMS v0.0.1 Persistent Script Insertion Vulnerability
Advisory ID: ZSL-2015-5233
Type: Local/Remote
Impact: Cross-Site Scripting
Risk: (3/5)
Release Date: 10.03.2015
Summary
GenixCMS is a PHP Based Content Management System and Framework (CMSF). It's a simple and lightweight of CMSF. Very suitable for Intermediate PHP developer to Advanced Developer. Some manual configurations are needed to make this application to work.
Description
Input passed to the 'cat' POST parameter is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
Vendor
MetalGenix - http://www.genixcms.org
Affected Version
0.0.1
Tested On
nginx/1.4.6 (Ubuntu)
Apache 2.4.10 (Win32)
PHP 5.6.3
MySQL 5.6.21
Vendor Status
[05.03.2015] Vulnerability discovered.
[05.03.2015] Vendor contacted.
[06.03.2015] Vendor responds asking more details.
[06.03.2015] Sent details to the vendor.
[07.03.2015] Vendor promises fix soon.
[10.03.2015] Vendor releases patched version.
[10.03.2015] Public security advisory released.
PoC
genixcms_xss.txt
Credits
Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko Krstic - <gjoko@zeroscience.mk>
References
[1] http://blog.metalgenix.com/update-security-fix-and-add-newsletter-module/16
[2] https://github.com/semplon/GeniXCMS/commit/698245488343396185b1b49e7482ee5b25541815
[3] http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36321/
[4] http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/119394
[5] http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/119395
[6] http://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2015030066
[7] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130771
[8] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/101497
[9] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2015-2678
[10] https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-2678
Changelog
[10.03.2015] - Initial release
[11.03.2015] - Added reference [4], [5], [6] and [7]
[13.03.2015] - Added reference [8]
[24.03.2015] - Added reference [9] and [10]
Contact
Zero Science Lab

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