*NetCat CMS Multiple URL Redirection (Open Redirect) Security
Vulnerabilities*



Exploit Title: NetCat CMS Multiple URL Redirection Security Vulnerabilities
Product: NetCat CMS (Content Management System)
Vendor: NetCat
Vulnerable Versions: 5.01   3.12   3.0   2.4   2.3   2.2   2.1   2.0   1.1
Tested Version: 3.12
Advisory Publication: Feb 25, 2015
Latest Update: Feb 25, 2015
Vulnerability Type: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')
[CWE-601]
CVE Reference: *
Credit: Wang Jing [CCRG, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore]







*Advisory Details:*


*(1) Vendor & Product Description:*


*Vendor:*
NetCat


*Product & Version:*
NetCat
5.01   3.12   3.0   2.4   2.3   2.2   2.1   2.0   1.1


*Vendor URL & Download:*
NetCat can be downloaded from here,
http://netcat.ru/


*Product Introduction:*
NetCat.ru is russian local company. "NetCat designed to create an absolute
majority of the types of sites: from simple "business card" with a minimum
content to complex web-based systems, from corporate offices to online
stores, libraries or media data - in other words, projects completely
different directions and at any level of complexity. View examples of sites
running on NetCat CMS can be in a special section."

"Manage the site on the basis of NetCat can even inexperienced user,
because it does not require knowledge of Internet technologies, programming
and markup languages. NetCat constantly improving, adds new features. In
the process of finalizing necessarily take into account the wishes of our
partners and clients, as well as trends in Internet development. More than
2,000 studios and private web developers have chosen for their projects is
NetCat, and in 2013 sites, successfully working on our CMS, created more
than 18,000."





*(2) Vulnerability Details:*
NetCat has a security bug problem. It can be exploited by URL Redirection
(Open Redirect) attacks.

*(2.1)* The first vulnerability occurs at "modules/redir/?" page with
"site" parameter.

*(2.2)* The second vulnerability occurs at "redirect.php?" page with "url"
parameter.

*(2.3)* The third vulnerability occurs at "netshop/post.php" page with
"redirect_url" parameter







*References:*
http://tetraph.com/security/open-redirect/netcat-cms-multiple-url-redirection-open-redirect-security-vulnerabilities/
http://securityrelated.blogspot.com/2015/02/netcat-cms-multiple-url-redirection.html
http://www.inzeed.com/kaleidoscope/computer-security/netcat-cms-multiple-url-redirection-open-redirect-security-vulnerabilities/
http://diebiyi.com/articles/%E5%AE%89%E5%85%A8/netcat-cms-multiple-url-redirection-open-redirect-security-vulnerabilities/
https://itinfotechnology.wordpress.com/2015/02/25/netcat-cms-multiple-url-redirection-open-redirect-security-vulnerabilities/
http://lists.kde.org/?a=139222176300014&r=1&w=2






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Wang Jing,
Division of Mathematical Sciences (MAS),
School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS),
Nanyang Technological University (NTU),
Singapore.
http://www.tetraph.com/wangjing/
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JingWang-tetraph-justqdjing/posts