Cross-site scripting in Geeklog - CVE-2011-5159
Published: September 10, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43608
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-2011-5159
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Geeklog
Affected software:
Geeklog
Geeklog
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in admin/configuration.php in Geeklog before 1.7.1sr1 when processing sub_group parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4942. 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-2011-5159
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.