Cross-site scripting in OFBiz - CVE-2013-0177

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when processing data passed via the (1) Screenlet.title or (2) Image.alt Widget attribute, as demonstrated by the parentPortalPageId parameter to exampleext/control/ManagePortalPages. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in 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-2013-0177

Sources

• http://ofbiz.apache.org/download.html#vulnerabilities
• http://osvdb.org/89452
• http://osvdb.org/89453
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119673/Apache-OFBiz-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/148
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51812
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81398
• https://fisheye6.atlassian.com/changelog/ofbiz?cs=1432395
• https://fisheye6.atlassian.com/changelog/ofbiz?cs=1432850