#VU40963 Cross-site scripting in ProjectSend - CVE-2014-9580

CSH
CYBERSECURITY HELP
Sign In REGISTER
 
Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU40963

#VU40963 Cross-site scripting in ProjectSend - CVE-2014-9580

Published: January 8, 2015 / Updated: November 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40963
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9580
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
ProjectSend
Software vendor:
ProjectSend

Description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in ProjectSend (formerly cFTP) r561 when processing Description field in a file upload. NOTE: this issue was originally incorrectly mapped to CVE-2014-1155; see CVE-2014-1155 for more information. 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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

External links