Cross-site scripting in concrete5 - CVE-2014-9526

Detailed vulnerability description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in concrete5 5.7.2.1, 5.7.2, and earlier when processing the (1) gName parameter in single_pages/dashboard/users/groups/bulkupdate.php or (2) instance_id parameter in tools/dashboard/sitemap_drag_request.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-2014-9526

Sources

• http://morxploit.com/morxploits/morxconxss.txt
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129446/Concrete5-CMS-5.7.2-5.7.2.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/38
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534189/100/0/threaded
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99264