CVE-2007-2433
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Ariadne 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the ARLogin parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · low confidenceReflected XSS vulnerability in Ariadne 2.4.1's index.php where the ARLogin parameter is not properly sanitized before being reflected in the application's output, allowing injection of arbitrary JavaScript or HTML into user sessions.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 2.4.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate Ariadne CMS installationSearch for index.php file in the web root directory. Common paths include /var/www/html/, /www/, or the document root of the web server. Look for files named index.php that belong to Ariadne CMS.Affected if index.php from Ariadne CMS is found in the web accessible directory
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Verify Ariadne CMS versionCheck the version of Ariadne CMS by examining version files, README files, or the source code headers. Common locations include a version.php file, CHANGES file, or the header comments in index.php itself.Affected if The installed version is exactly 2.4.1
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Confirm ARLogin parameter handling existsExamine the index.php source code and locate the code that handles the ARLogin parameter. Look for lines where $_GET['ARLogin'] or $_POST['ARLogin'] is processed and reflected back to the user.Affected if index.php contains code that processes and reflects the ARLogin parameter without visible sanitization functions such as htmlspecialchars, htmlentities, or similar encoding functions
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Test for XSS vulnerabilitySubmit a benign XSS test payload via the ARLogin parameter in a request to index.php. For example: index.php?ARLogin=<script>alert('XSS')</script> and observe if the payload is rendered as-is in the response without encoding.Affected if The ARLogin parameter value is reflected in the HTML output without being encoded or escaped, allowing the injected script to execute in the browser
The environment is affected if Ariadne CMS version 2.4.1 is installed, index.php processes the ARLogin parameter, and the parameter value is reflected in the output without proper sanitization or encoding.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper input validation and output encoding for the ARLogin parameter; sanitize or escape special characters before reflecting user input in HTML/JavaScript context.
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