Cross-site scripting in RoboHelp and RoboHelp Server - CVE-2007-1280

Detailed vulnerability description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in Adobe RoboHelp when processing user-supplied input in URL passed after the # (hash). A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

The vulnerability can also be exploited via vectors involving templates and whstart.js, whcsh_home.htm files in WebHelp, wf_startpage.js and wf_startqs.htm files in FlashHelp, and WindowManager.dll file in RoboHelp Server.

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-2007-1280

Sources

• https://helpx.adobe.com/cz/security/products/robohelp.html