SB2014020517 - Cross-site scripting in Geeklog

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SB2014020517 - Cross-site scripting in Geeklog

Published: February 5, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2014020517
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-2013-1470)

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

CVSSv4: 6.9 [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]


Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in calendar/index.php in the Calendar plugin in Geeklog before 1.8.2sr1 and 2.0.0 before 2.0.0rc2 when processing calendar_type parameter to submit.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

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

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