ID:4186 - Exploit for Cross-site scripting in Orange Human Resource Management - CVE-2011-5258

 
Main Vulnerability Database Exploits ID:4186 - Exploit for Cross-site scripting in Orange Human Resource Management - CVE-2011-5258

ID:4186 - Exploit for Cross-site scripting in Orange Human Resource Management - CVE-2011-5258

Published: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU43096
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-5258
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Orange Human Resource Management

Link to public exploit:


Vulnerability description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in OrangeHRM before 2.6.11.2 when processing the (1) uniqcode or (2) isAdmin parameter to index.php; or the (3) PATH_INFO to lib/controllers/centralcontroller.php. 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

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.