Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-0923 - Unspecified vulnerability in Ektron Content Management System 8.5.0/8.7.0/8.9.0
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
The ContentBlockEx method in Workarea/ServerControlWS.asmx in Ektron Content Management System (CMS) 8.5 and 8.7 before 8.7sp2 and 9.0 before sp1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference within an XML document named in the xslt parameter, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html">CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')</a>
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 4 |
Metasploit
| description | Ektron 8.5, 8.7 <= sp1, 9.0 < sp1 have vulnerabilities in various operations within the ServerControlWS.asmx web services. These vulnerabilities allow for RCE without authentication and execute in the context of IIS on the remote system. |
| id | MSF:EXPLOIT/WINDOWS/HTTP/EKTRON_XSLT_EXEC_WS |
| last seen | 2020-06-08 |
| modified | 2017-07-24 |
| published | 2016-10-10 |
| references | |
| reporter | Rapid7 |
| source | https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master//modules/exploits/windows/http/ektron_xslt_exec_ws.rb |
| title | Ektron 8.5, 8.7, 9.0 XSLT Transform Remote Code Execution |
Packetstorm
| data source | https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/141445/ektron_xslt_exec_ws.rb.txt |
| id | PACKETSTORM:141445 |
| last seen | 2017-03-04 |
| published | 2017-03-04 |
| reporter | catatonicprime |
| source | https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141445/Ektron-8.5-8.7-9.0-XSLT-Transform-Remote-Code-Execution.html |
| title | Ektron 8.5 / 8.7 / 9.0 XSLT Transform Remote Code Execution |