Cross-site scripting in lighttpd - #VU339
Published: August 20, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU339
CSH Severity: Low
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:Clear
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: lighttpd
Affected software:
lighttpd
lighttpd
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability can be used by a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by incorrect filtration of input data when displaying HTML and XML output. A remote 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.
Remediation
Install the latest version 1.4.41.