#VU45371 Cross-site scripting in PivotX - CVE-2011-0772

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#VU45371 Cross-site scripting in PivotX - CVE-2011-0772

Published: February 4, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU45371
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-2011-0772
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
PivotX
Software vendor:
pivotlog.net

Description

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

An input validation error exists in PivotX 2.2.0, and possibly other versions before 2.2.2, when processing the (1) color parameter to includes/blogroll.php or (2) src parameter to includes/timwrapper.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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