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ID:3839 - Exploit for Cross-site scripting in ProjectSend - CVE-2014-9580
ID:3839 - Exploit for Cross-site scripting in ProjectSend - CVE-2014-9580
Published: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40963
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9580
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
ProjectSend
ProjectSend
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in ProjectSend (formerly cFTP) r561 when processing Description field in a file upload. NOTE: this issue was originally incorrectly mapped to CVE-2014-1155; see CVE-2014-1155 for more information. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a 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.