ID:225 - Exploit for Cross-site scripting in Squid - CVE-2018-19131

 
Main Vulnerability Database Exploits ID:225 - Exploit for Cross-site scripting in Squid - CVE-2018-19131

ID:225 - Exploit for Cross-site scripting in Squid - CVE-2018-19131

Published: March 18, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15896
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19131
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Squid

Link to public exploit:


Vulnerability description

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 a specially crafted X.509 certificate during HTTP(S) error page generation for certificate errors. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially 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.