SB2017080772 - Cross-site scripting in Zope

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2009-5145)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in ZMI pages that use the manage_tabs_message in Zope 2. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in 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

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://cve.killedkenny.io/cve/CVE-2009-5145
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/02/7
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72792/info
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/zope2/+bug/490514
• https://github.com/zopefoundation/Zope/commit/2abdf14620f146857dc8e3ffd2b6a754884c331d
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-5145/