Corss-site scrpting in PHP - CVE-2018-5712

 

Corss-site scrpting in PHP - CVE-2018-5712

Published: January 4, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9869
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5712
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in .phar when processing 404 response. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted link, rick tyhe victim into opening it and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in context of vulnerable website.


Affected software

PHP
Plesk

How to mitigate CVE-2018-5712

Update to version 7.0.27,7.1.13 or 7.2.1.


External References

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