Cross-site scripting in Maian Weblog - CVE-2014-10007
Published: January 13, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40953
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-10007
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Maian Script World
Affected software:
Maian Weblog
Maian Weblog
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in Maian Weblog 4.0 and earlier when processing the (1) name, (2) email, or (3) subject parameter in a contact action to index.php. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security 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-2014-10007
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.