CVE-2013-6242 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2013-6242?

CVE-2013-6242 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Open-Xchange Open-Xchange Appsuite, published on 2 Jan 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the frontend in Open-Xchange (OX) AppSuite 6.22.3 before 6.22.3-rev5 and 6.22.4 before 6.22.4-rev12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the subject of an email. NOTE: the vulnerabilities related to the body of the email and the publication name were SPLIT from this CVE ID because they affect different sets of versions.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6242?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Open-Xchange Open-Xchange Appsuite.

How do I fix CVE-2013-6242?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-6242 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-2013-6242 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6242 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Open-Xchange Open-Xchange Appsuite

• CVE-2017-13667 Server-side request forgery in n/a Critical 9.9
• CVE-2020-12645 Denial of service in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-7158 Missing authorization in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-17060 Misconfiguration in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-5210 Information disclosure in n/a Critical 9.8

All Open-Xchange Open-Xchange Appsuite vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-84q5-r9gp-rcmw.