Cross-site scripting in Adobe RoboHelp

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU1309

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7891

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting this page and execute arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code in victim’s browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks as well as steal victim’s cookies.

Mitigation

Install the following patches:

RoboHelp 2015.0.4:
https://www.adobe.com/support/robohelp/downloads.html
RoboHelp 11.0.4:
https://helpx.adobe.com/robohelp/release-note/robohelp-11-0-4-readme.html

Vulnerable software versions

RoboHelp: 11.0 - 2015.0.3

External links

http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/robohelp/apsb16-46.html

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.