#VU86736 Cross-site scripting in AntiSamy - CVE-2024-23635
Published: February 22, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU86736
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23635
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
AntiSamy
AntiSamy
Software vendor:
nahsra (Arshan Dabirsiaghi)
nahsra (Arshan Dabirsiaghi)
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 when parsing comment tags. A remote attacker can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that the preserveComments directive is enabled in policy file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.