Cross-site scripting in Zope - CVE-2009-5145
Published: August 7, 2017 / Updated: December 19, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38579
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-2009-5145
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Zope
Affected software:
Zope
Zope
Detailed vulnerability 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 ZMI pages that use the manage_tabs_message in Zope 2. 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-2009-5145
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://cve.killedkenny.io/cve/CVE-2009-5145
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/02/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72792/info
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/zope2/+bug/490514
- https://github.com/zopefoundation/Zope/commit/2abdf14620f146857dc8e3ffd2b6a754884c331d
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-5145/