SB2015062406 - Cross-site scripting in MetalGenix GeniXCMS

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SB2015062406 - Cross-site scripting in MetalGenix GeniXCMS

Published: June 24, 2015 Updated: August 9, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2015062406
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 security vulnerability.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5066)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in the MetalGenix GeniXCMS 0.0.3 when processing the (1) content or (2) title field in an add action in the posts page to index.php or the (3) q parameter in the posts page to index.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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