SB2014071001 - Cross-site scripting in opendocman.sourceforge.net OpenDocMan

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4853)

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 odm-init.php in OpenDocMan before 1.2.7.3. A remote authenticated 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.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127330/OpenDocMan-1.2.7.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• http://www.opendocman.com/opendocman-v1-2-7-3-release-notes
• https://github.com/opendocman/opendocman/commit/d202ef3def8674be61a3e4ccbe28beba4953b7ce
• https://github.com/opendocman/opendocman/issues/163