#VU1309 Cross-site scripting in RoboHelp - CVE-2016-7891

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#VU1309 Cross-site scripting in RoboHelp - CVE-2016-7891

Published: December 14, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU1309
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7891
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
RoboHelp
Software vendor:
Adobe

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting this page and execute arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code in victim’s browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks as well as steal victim’s cookies.


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