#VU44196 Cross-site scripting in Dotclear - CVE-2012-1039

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#VU44196 Cross-site scripting in Dotclear - CVE-2012-1039

Published: March 19, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU44196
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1039
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Dotclear
Software vendor:
Dotclear

Description

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

An input validation error exists in Dotclear before 2.4.2 when processing the (1) login_data parameter to admin/auth.php; (2) nb parameter to admin/blogs.php; (3) type, (4) sortby, (5) order, or (6) status parameters to admin/comments.php; or (7) page parameter to admin/plugin.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.


Remediation

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

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