Cross-site scripting in Hotjar - #VU5834

 

Cross-site scripting in Hotjar - #VU5834

Published: February 15, 2017 / Updated: February 15, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU5834
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: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: tikaszvince
Affected software:
Hotjar

Detailed vulnerability description

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 Hotjar ID. 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.


Remediation

Install the latest version:

  • If you use the Hotjar module for Drupal 7.x upgrade to Hotjar 7.x-1.2
  • If you use the Hotjar module for Drupal 8.x upgrade to Hotjar 8.x-1.0

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