Cross-site scripting in SPIP - CVE-2017-15736
Published: June 15, 2018 / Updated: June 15, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13359
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15736
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a 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.
Affected software
SPIP
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
spip (Ubuntu package)
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
spip (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2017-15736
Update to version 3.1.7.
SPIP - update to 3.1.7
spip (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.1.4-4~deb9u3build0.18.04.1
spip (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.1.4-4~deb9u3build0.18.04.1