Cross-site scripting in CaseAware - CVE-2017-5631
Published: May 23, 2017 / Updated: September 14, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6638
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5631
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-input passed via the user parameter (i.e., "usr") that is transmitted in the login.php query string. 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.
Affected software
CaseAware
How to mitigate CVE-2017-5631
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official patch addressing the vulnerability.