Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Pagekit CMS - CVE-2014-8069
Published: October 14, 2014 / Updated: January 25, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU5376
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8069
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: YOOtheme
Affected software:
Pagekit CMS
Pagekit CMS
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in YOOtheme Pagekit CMS 0.8.7 when processing the HTTP Referer header in index.php/user and when handling PATH_INFO variable in index.php. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially 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-2014-8069
Install update (version 0.8.8) from vendor's website.