*phpwind v8.7 XSS (Cross-site Scripting) Web Security Vulnerabilities*


Exploit Title: phpwind v8.7 goto.php? &url Parameter XSS Security
Vulnerabilities
Product: phpwind
Vendor: phpwind
Vulnerable Versions: v8.7
Tested Version: v8.7
Advisory Publication: May 25, 2015
Latest Update: May 25, 2015
Vulnerability Type: Cross-Site Scripting [CWE-79]
CVE Reference: *
Impact CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
Writer and Reporter: Wang Jing [School of Physical and Mathematical
Sciences (SPMS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore]
(@justqdjing)






*Caution Details:*


*(1) Vendor & Product Description:*


*Vendor:*
phpwind



*Product & Vulnerable Versions:*
phpwind
v8.7



*Vendor URL & Download:*
Product can be obtained from here,
http://www.phpwind.net/thread/166




*Product Introduction Overview:*
"phpwind (abbreviation: pw) is a program based on PHP and MySQL open source
community, and is one of the most popular general-Forum. phpwind ofstar
first version was released in 2004. As of December 2013 phpwind brand items
calculated by Ali cloud Co., Ltd. has, fully free open source software. Now
accumulated more than one million websites use phpwind products, of which
nearly 100,000 active website. Since the 2011 release PHPWind8.x series
version, phpwind enhance community around the content value and promote
community e-commerce two general direction of the development of multi-mode
single-core products and achieve new forms of community. 2012 preparations
for the release of phpwind9.0 will use self-developed Windframework phpwind
framework and integrated computing architecture and so on Ali community
cloud platform application center will provide a variety of solutions for
future communities.

Today, the country's 200,000 worth of small sites, there are nearly 100,000
community site uses phpwind, has accumulated more than one million sites
use phpwind, there are 1,000 new sites every day use phpwind. These
community sites covering 52 types of trades every day one million people
gathered in phpwind build community, issued 50 million new information,
visit more than one billion pages.
National Day PV30 million or more in 1000 about a large community, there
are more than 500 sites selected phpwind station software provided,
including by scouring link Amoy satisfaction, a daily e-commerce and
marketing groups, and other on-line product vigorously increase in revenue
for the site. Excellent partners, such as Xiamen fish, of Long Lane, Erquan
network, Kunshan forum, the North Sea 360, Huizhou West Lake, Huashang
like."




*(2) Vulnerability Details:*
phpwind web application has a computer cyber security bug problem. It can
be exploited by XSS attacks. This may allow a remote attacker to create a
specially crafted request that would execute arbitrary script code in a
user's browser session within the trust relationship between their browser
and the server.

Several other similar products 0-day vulnerabilities have been found by
some other bug hunter researchers before. phpwind has patched some of them.
CXSECurity is a huge collection of information on data communications
safety. Its main objective is to inform about errors in various
applications. It also publishes suggestions, advisories, solutions details
related to XSS vulnerabilities and cyber intelligence recommendations.


*(2.1)* The first programming code flaw occurs at "&url" parameter in
"/goto.php?" page.







*References:*
http://www.tetraph.com/security/xss-vulnerability/phpwind-v8-7-xss/
http://securityrelated.blogspot.com/2015/05/phpwind-v87-xss.html
https://itswift.wordpress.com/2015/05/24/phpwind-v8-7-xss/
https://www.mail-archive.com/fulldisclosure%40seclists.org/msg01904.html
http://whitehatpost.blog.163.com/blog/static/24223205420154248491580/
http://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2015040033
http://diebiyi.com/articles/security/phpwind-v8-7-xss/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/38
http://lists.openwall.net/full-disclosure/2015/04/05/9
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.fulldisclosure/1954





--
Jing Wang,
Division of Mathematical Sciences (MAS),
School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS),
Nanyang Technological University (NTU),
Singapore.
http://www.tetraph.com/wangjing/
https://twitter.com/justqdjing