Cross-site scripting in OFBiz - CVE-2016-6800
Published: August 30, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38376
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-2016-6800
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
OFBiz
OFBiz
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The default configuration of the Apache OFBiz framework offers a blog functionality. Different users are able to operate blogs which are related to specific parties. In the form field for the creation of new blog articles the user input of the summary field as well as the article field is not properly sanitized. It is possible to inject arbitrary JavaScript code in these form fields. This code gets executed from the browser of every user who is visiting this article. Mitigation: Upgrade to Apache OFBiz 16.11.01.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-6800
Install update from vendor's website.