Cross-site scripting in Flip PDF - CVE-2017-7384
Published: June 1, 2017 / Updated: June 3, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6871
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:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7384
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: FlipBuilder
Affected software:
Flip PDF
Flip PDF
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in FlipBuilder Flip PDF when processing currentHTMLURL parameter in bookContent.swf. 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.
Exploitation example:
http://[host]/bookContent.swf?currentHTMLURL=data:text/html;base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgnWFNTJyk8L3NjcmlwdD4=
How to mitigate CVE-2017-7384
Install update from vendor's website.