Stored cross-site scripting in Automad - CVE-2022-1536

 

Stored cross-site scripting in Automad - CVE-2022-1536

Published: May 2, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU62724
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1536
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Marc Anton Dahmen
Affected software:
Automad

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 the "title" parameter in Data and Settings page. A remote user can inject 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.


How to mitigate CVE-2022-1536

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

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