Cross-site scripting in Metinfo - CVE-2017-12788
Published: May 9, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU35924
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: CVE-2017-12788
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Metinfo
Affected software:
Metinfo
Metinfo
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) class1 parameter or the (2) anyid parameter.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-12788
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.