Cross-site scripting in DIR-850L - CVE-2017-14415

CSH
CYBERSECURITY HELP
Sign In REGISTER
 
Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU17139

Cross-site scripting in DIR-850L - CVE-2017-14415

Published: January 23, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17139
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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-2017-14415
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: D-Link
Affected software:
DIR-850L

Detailed vulnerability description

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 the authentication cookies and gain access to the device.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-14415

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official patch addressing the vulnerability.


Sources