SB2019123135 - Cross-site scripting in Bolt.cm Bolt

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9553)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when processing the slug, teaser, or title parameter to editcontent/pages, a related issue to CVE-2017-11128 and CVE-2018-19933. 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://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151943/Bold-CMS-3.6.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46495