Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in GoAhead - CVE-2019-16645
Published: September 20, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU35485
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16645
CWE-ID: CWE-74
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: EmbedThis
Affected software:
GoAhead
GoAhead
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
An issue was discovered in Embedthis GoAhead 2.5.0. Certain pages (such as goform/login and config/log_off_page.htm) create links containing a hostname obtained from an arbitrary HTTP Host header sent by an attacker. This could potentially be used in a phishing attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-16645
Install update from vendor's website.