Alfresco CVE-2014-2939 HTML Injection and Cross Site Scripting vulnerabilities

BID:67678

Info

Alfresco CVE-2014-2939 HTML Injection and Cross Site Scripting vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 67678
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2014-2939
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 28 2014 12:00AM
Updated: May 28 2014 12:00AM
Credit: Nicolas Verdier of the TEHTRI-Security
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Alfresco CVE-2014-2939 HTML Injection and Cross Site Scripting vulnerabilities

Alfresco is prone to an HTML-injection and a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Successful exploits will allow attacker-supplied HTML and script code to run in the context of the affected browser, potentially allowing the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials or to control how the site is rendered to the user. Other attacks are also possible.

Alfresco 4.1.6 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Alfresco CVE-2014-2939 HTML Injection and Cross Site Scripting vulnerabilities

Attackers can use a browser to exploit these issues. To exploit the cross-site scripting issue an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user into following a malicious URI.

Solution / Fix

Alfresco CVE-2014-2939 HTML Injection and Cross Site Scripting vulnerabilities

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

Alfresco CVE-2014-2939 HTML Injection and Cross Site Scripting vulnerabilities

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