Cross-site scripting in CMS Made Simple - CVE-2014-2092

 

Cross-site scripting in CMS Made Simple - CVE-2014-2092

Published: March 2, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41976
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-2014-2092
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: cmsmadesimple.org
Affected software:
CMS Made Simple

Detailed vulnerability description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in lib/filemanager/ImageManager/editorFrame.php in CMS Made Simple 1.11.10 when processing action parameter, a different issue than CVE-2014-0334. NOTE: the original disclosure also reported issues that may not cross privilege boundaries. 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-2014-2092

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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