#VU22321 Cross-site scripting in Email Templates
Published: October 29, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22321
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: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Email Templates
Email Templates
Software vendor:
timersys
timersys
Description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
he vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when the affected plugin takes the content of the “text/plain” part and turn it into a new “text/html” part. 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.