Cross-site scripting in dotCMS - CVE-2017-5875

 

Cross-site scripting in dotCMS - CVE-2017-5875

Published: February 6, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU39733
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-2017-5875
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: dotCMS LLC
Affected software:
dotCMS

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to read and manipulate data.

XSS was discovered in dotCMS 3.7.0, with an authenticated attack against the /myAccount addressID parameter.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-5875

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources