Cross-site scripting in ProjectSend - CVE-2019-11533

 

Cross-site scripting in ProjectSend - CVE-2019-11533

Published: May 2, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18384
CSH Severity: Medium
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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11533
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: ProjectSend
Affected software:
ProjectSend

Detailed vulnerability description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in ProjectSend before r1070. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to follow a 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.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-11533

Install update from vendor's website.

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