Main Vulnerability Database SB2019101201

SB2019101201 - Cross-site scripting in Openfire

Published: October 12, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019101201

Severity

Low

Patch available

YES

Number of vulnerabilities 1

Exploitation vector Remote access

Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Low
Medium
High
Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: N/A)

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 "driver", "username", "password", and "serverURL" HTTP POST parameters to "/setup/setup-datasource-standard.jsp" script. 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

https://www.netsparker.com/web-applications-advisories/ns-19-015-reflected-cross-site-scripting-in-openfire/