Self-XSS in ATutor - CVE-2019-7172
Published: January 30, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17275
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7172
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ATutor
Affected software:
ATutor
ATutor
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 passed via a vulnerable Real Name field to /mods/_core/users/admins/my_edit.php. A remote attacker can trick the victim into passing certain data to vulnerable fields within the interface 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-7172
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.