#VU18575 Cross-site scripting in XAMPP - CVE-2019-8924
Published: May 22, 2019 / Updated: June 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18575
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-8924
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
XAMPP
XAMPP
Software vendor:
Apache Friends
Apache Friends
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 the cds-fpdf.php interpret or titel parameter. 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151756/XAMPP-5.6.8-Cross-Site-Scripting-SQL-Injection.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Feb/43
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107168
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/1.8.2/
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/5.5.19/
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/5.6.8/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46424/