Cross-site scripting in djblets - CVE-2014-3995
Published: June 16, 2014 / Updated: June 15, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41549
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-2014-3995
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Djblets
Affected software:
djblets
djblets
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in gravatars/templatetags/gravatars.py in Djblets. 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-2014-3995
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/494
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/498
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58691
- https://github.com/djblets/djblets/commit/50000d0bbb983fa8c097b588d06b64df8df483bd
- https://github.com/djblets/djblets/commit/77ac64642ad530bf69e390c51fc6fdcb8914c8e7
- https://github.com/djblets/djblets/commit/e2c79117efd925636acd871a5f473512602243cf