Risk | High |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2015-1494 |
CWE-ID | CWE-79 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. |
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FancyBox Web applications / Modules and components for CMS |
Vendor | FancyBox |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU5581
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 6.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1494
CWE-ID:
CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Exploit availability: Yes
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to vulnerable website and permanently store arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code on it. The code will be executed in browser of every website visitor.
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.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Update to version 3.0.3.
FancyBox: 3.0.2 - 3.0.3
External linkshttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/422
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, a fully functional exploit for this vulnerability is available.