SB2011112804 - Cross-site scripting in dolibarr



SB2011112804 - Cross-site scripting in dolibarr

Published: November 28, 2011 Updated: December 14, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2011112804
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4329)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in Dolibarr 3.1.0 when processing (1) the username parameter in a setup action to admin/company.php, or the PATH_INFO to (2) admin/security_other.php, (3) admin/events.php, or (4) admin/user.php. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.