ID:2424 - Exploit for Cross-site scripting in Croogo - CVE-2014-8577

 
Main Vulnerability Database Exploits ID:2424 - Exploit for Cross-site scripting in Croogo - CVE-2014-8577

ID:2424 - Exploit for Cross-site scripting in Croogo - CVE-2014-8577

Published: April 7, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17320
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8577
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Croogo

Link to public exploit:


Vulnerability description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in Croogo before 2.1.0 when processing the "data[Contact][title]" parameter passed to admin/contacts/contacts/add page, "data[Block][title]" and "data[Block][alias]" parameters to admin/blocks/blocks/edit page, "data[Region][title]" parameter to admin/blocks/regions/add page, "data[Menu][title]" and "data[Menu][alias]" parameters to admin/menus/menus/add page, and "data[Link][title]" parameter to admin/menus/links/add/menu page. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security 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.