Vulnerability identifier: #VU21954

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17609

CWE-ID: CWE-79

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
HongCMS
Web applications / CMS

Vendor: HongCMS

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when processing the install/index.php dbusername parameter. 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.

Mitigation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

HongCMS: 3.0.0

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CPE

• cpe:2.3:a:hongcms:hongcms:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links
http://cdn1.imggmi.com/uploads/2019/10/13/94ef1b084a074ffd9ef63408529aed17-full.png
http://cdn1.imggmi.com/uploads/2019/10/13/e561884443c495286993e186f44dfd1f-full.png
http://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2019100100

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?