Cross-site scripting in ColdFusion - CVE-2014-0571
Published: October 15, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41220
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-2014-0571
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
ColdFusion
ColdFusion
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in Adobe ColdFusion 9.0 before Update 13, 9.0.1 before Update 12, 9.0.2 before Update 7, 10 before Update 14, and 11 before Update 2. 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-2014-0571
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.