Cross-site scripting in dolibarr - CVE-2017-14239

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Cross-site scripting in dolibarr - CVE-2017-14239

Published: September 11, 2017 / Updated: December 14, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU38327
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14239
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Dolibarr ERP & CRM
Affected software:
dolibarr

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when processing data passed via the (1) CompanyName, (2) CompanyAddress, (3) CompanyZip, (4) CompanyTown, (5) Fax, (6) EMail, (7) Web, (8) ManagingDirectors, (9) Note, (10) Capital, (11) ProfId1, (12) ProfId2, (13) ProfId3, (14) ProfId4, (15) ProfId5, or (16) ProfId6 parameter to htdocs/admin/company.php. 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-2017-14239

Install update from vendor's website.

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