Cross-site scripting in dotCMS - CVE-2013-3484

Detailed vulnerability description

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

An input validation error exists in dotCMS before 2.3.2 when processing the (1) _loginUserName parameter to application/login/login.html, (2) my_account_login parameter to c/portal_public/login, or (3) email parameter to forgotPassword. 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-2013-3484

Sources

• http://dotcms.com/security/SI-14
• http://secunia.com/advisories/53265
• https://github.com/dotCMS/dotCMS/issues/2949