#VU37707 Cross-site scripting in OFBiz - CVE-2017-15714

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#VU37707 Cross-site scripting in OFBiz - CVE-2017-15714

Published: January 4, 2018 / Updated: December 27, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU37707
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15714
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OFBiz
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation

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 passed via "The BIRT plugin" when appending this code "__format=%27;alert(%27xss%27)" to the URL an alert window would execute. 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 update from vendor's website.

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