Cross-site scripting in Yunucms - CVE-2018-17322
Published: September 22, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36622
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-2018-17322
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Yunucms
Affected software:
Yunucms
Yunucms
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in index.php/index/category/index in YUNUCMS 1.1.4 when processing area parameter. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security 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-2018-17322
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.