Cross-site scripting in Debian Linux and Roundup - CVE-2019-10904
Published: April 6, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36023
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-2019-10904
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Debian
Python.org
Python.org
Affected software:
Debian Linux
Roundup
Debian Linux
Roundup
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the URI because frontends/roundup.cgi and roundup/cgi/wsgi_handler.py mishandle 404 errors.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
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-2019-10904
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.