#VU21427 Cross-site scripting in dolibarr - CVE-2019-16197 

 

#VU21427 Cross-site scripting in dolibarr - CVE-2019-16197

Published: September 30, 2019 / Updated: June 17, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU21427
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2019-16197
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
dolibarr
Software vendor:
Dolibarr ERP & CRM

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists in "htdocs/societe/card.php" due to the value of the User-Agent HTTP header is copied into the HTML document as plain text between tags. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link 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.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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