Stored cross-site scripting in Grav CMS - CVE-2019-16126
Published: September 9, 2019 / Updated: January 19, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20942
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-2019-16126
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to JavaScript execution in SVG images. A remote attacker can upload an SVG image with JavaScript code in it 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.
Affected software
Grav CMS
How to mitigate CVE-2019-16126
Install update from vendor's website.
Grav CMS - update to 1.7.0