CVE-2010-0971 Cross-site scripting in n/a
Instructors can inject malicious scripts via poll, group, and assignment fields, potentially compromising user sessions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2010-0971?
CVE-2010-0971 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Mar 2010. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in ATutor 1.6.4 allow remote authenticated users, with Instructor privileges, to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) Question and (2) Choice fields in tools/polls/add.php, the (3) Type and (4) Title fields in tools/groups/create_manual.php, and the (5) Title field in assignments/add_assignment.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0971?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Atutor Atutor.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0971?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0971 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2010-0971 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-0971 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pc3x-4h87-8cpg.