SB2019051706 - Cross-site scripting in XAMPP
Published: May 17, 2019 Updated: May 22, 2019
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-8924)
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 passed via the cds-fpdf.php interpret or titel parameter. 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://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151756/XAMPP-5.6.8-Cross-Site-Scripting-SQL-Injection.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Feb/43
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107168
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/1.8.2/
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/5.5.19/
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/5.6.8/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46424/