Stored cross-site scripting in CentOS Web Panel - CVE-2019-16295
Published: November 1, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22456
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16295
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: CentOS Web Panel
Affected software:
CentOS Web Panel
CentOS Web Panel
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the "cmd_arg" parameter to the "filemanager2.php" file. A local attacker can permanently inject 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-2019-16295
Install update from vendor's website.