Cross-site scripting in nagiosql - CVE-2013-6039

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Cross-site scripting in nagiosql - CVE-2013-6039

Published: December 9, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42249
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-2013-6039
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: www.nagiosql.org
Affected software:
nagiosql

Detailed vulnerability description

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

An input validation error exists in NagiosQL 3.2 SP2 when processing the txtSearch parameter to (1) admin/hostdependencies.php, (2) admin/hosts.php, or other unspecified pages that allow search input, related to the search functionality in functions/content_class.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.


How to mitigate CVE-2013-6039

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

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