Cross-site scripting in CMS Made Simple - CVE-2016-2784
Published: May 26, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40264
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2784
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
CMS Made Simple 2.x before 2.1.3 and 1.x before 1.12.2, when Smarty Cache is activated, allow remote attackers to conduct cache poisoning attacks, modify links, and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted HTTP Host header in a request.
Affected software
CMS Made Simple
How to mitigate CVE-2016-2784
Install update from vendor's website.
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
External References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136897/CMS-Made-Simple-Cache-Poisoning.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/15
- http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/2016/03/Announcing-CMSMS-1-12-2-kolonia/
- http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/2016/04/Announcing-CMSMS-2-1-3-Black-Point/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538272/100/0/threaded
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39760/