Cross-site scripting in SPIP - #VU50781
Published: February 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU50781
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in SPIP. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in 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.
Affected software
SPIP
spip (Debian package)
spip (Debian package)
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
SPIP - addressed in versions 3.1.15, 3.2.9
spip (Debian package) - update to 3.2.4-1+deb10u4
spip (Debian package) - update to 3.2.4-1+deb10u4