#VU74145 Stored cross-site scripting in DataGear


Published: 2023-03-28

Vulnerability identifier: #VU74145

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1573

CWE-ID: CWE-79

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
DataGear
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor: datagear.tech

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 in the Graph Dataset Handler component. A remote user can inject 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
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

DataGear: 1.11.1


External links
http://github.com/yangyanglo/ForCVE/blob/main/2023-0x04.md
http://vuldb.com/?ctiid.223565
http://github.com/datageartech/datagear/releases/tag/v1.12.0
http://vuldb.com/?id.223565


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.


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