Cross-site scripting in GetSimple CMS - CVE-2018-9173
Published: April 2, 2018 / Updated: June 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14714
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-2018-9173
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in admin/template/js/uploadify/uploadify.swf in GetSimple CMS 3.3.13. A remote non-authenticated 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.
Affected software
GetSimple CMS
How to mitigate CVE-2018-9173
Install update from vendor's website.
GetSimple CMS - update to 3.3.14