Cross-site scripting in FreePBX - CVE-2018-15891
Published: June 20, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU35789
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-2018-15891
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: FreePBX
Affected software:
FreePBX
FreePBX
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to read and manipulate data.
An issue was discovered in FreePBX core before 3.0.122.43, 14.0.18.34, and 5.0.1beta4. By crafting a request for adding Asterisk modules, an attacker is able to store JavaScript commands in a module name.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-15891
Install update from vendor's website.