Cross-site scripting in CMS Made Simple - CVE-2013-3929
Published: December 9, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42250
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-3929
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: cmsmadesimple.org
Affected software:
CMS Made Simple
CMS Made Simple
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in admin/editevent.php in CMS Made Simple (CMSMS) 1.11.9. A remote authenticated 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-2013-3929
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.