SB2012041109 - Multiple vulnerabilities in DNN DotNetNuke



SB2012041109 - Multiple vulnerabilities in DNN DotNetNuke

Published: April 11, 2012 Updated: November 11, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2012041109
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
  • Low
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1030)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. The vulnerability allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL containing text that is used within a modal popup.

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.


2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1036)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in the telerik HTML editor in DotNetNuke before 5.6.4 and 6.x before 6.1.0. 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.