Cross-site scripting in XOOPS - CVE-2019-16683

 

Cross-site scripting in XOOPS - CVE-2019-16683

Published: September 30, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU35206
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16683
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Xoops.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
XOOPS

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to read and manipulate data.

An issue was discovered in the image-manager in Xoops 2.5.10. When the breadcrumb showing the category name is hovered over while editing any image, a JavaScript payload executes.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-16683

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources