SB2014011703 - Cross-site scripting in GetSimple CMS

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SB2014011703 - Cross-site scripting in GetSimple CMS

Published: January 17, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2014011703
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
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 vulnerability.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-7243)

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in GetSimple CMS 3.1.2 and 3.2.3 when processing the (1) post-menu field to edit.php or (2) Display name field to settings.php. NOTE: The Custom Permalink Structure and Email Address fields are already covered by CVE-2012-6621. 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

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

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