#VU36825 Cross-site scripting in October CMS - CVE-2018-1999008
Published: July 23, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
October CMS
OctoberCMS
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 in the Media module and create folder functionality that can result in an Authenticated user with media module permission creating arbitrary folder name with XSS content. 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.