SB2022030311 - Cross-site scripting in jquery-upload-file
Published: March 3, 2022
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-37504)
CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
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 the fileNameStr 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
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.
References
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hayageek/jquery-upload-file/master/js/jquery.uploadfile.js
- http://hayageek.github.io/jQuery-Upload-File/4.0.11/jquery.uploadfile.min.js
- http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js
- http://hayageek.github.io/jQuery-Upload-File/4.0.11/uploadfile.css
- http://jquery-upload-file.com
- http://haygeek.com
- https://github.com/hayageek/jquery-upload-file/blob/master/js/jquery.uploadfile.js#L469