Cross-site scripting in XOOPS - CVE-2019-16684
Published: September 30, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU35207
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-2019-16684
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Xoops.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
XOOPS
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 any image with a JavaScript payload as its name is hovered over in the list or in the Edit page, the payload executes.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-16684
Install update from vendor's website.