#VU41334 Cross-site scripting in Orange Human Resource Management - CVE-2012-1507
Published: September 17, 2014 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Orange Human Resource Management
OrangeHRM Inc.
Description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in OrangeHRM before 2.7 when processing the (1) newHspStatus parameter to plugins/ajaxCalls/haltResumeHsp.php, (2) sortOrder1 parameter to templates/hrfunct/emppop.php, or (3) uri parameter 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.
Remediation
External links
- http://blog.orangehrm.com/2012/04/24/orangehrm-27-stable-release-with-complete-localization/
- http://osvdb.org/81744
- http://osvdb.org/81745
- http://osvdb.org/81746
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49072
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53433
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75473
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23080