# CVE-2014-6392: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Remote attackers can inject scripts via crafted filenames in Facebook iOS apps, though exploitation requires user interaction with a warning.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Sep 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gr4p-p93w-7rc9

## What is CVE-2014-6392?

CVE-2014-6392 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Sep 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Facebook app 14.0 and the Facebook Messenger app 10.0 for iOS allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted filename extension that is improperly handled during MIME sniffing of chat traffic.  NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this report, because the user must accept an interstitial warning before the HTML file content is rendered, and because the HTML content's origin is a sandbox domain

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-6392?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Facebook Facebook, Facebook Facebook Messenger.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-6392?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-6392 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-6392 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-6392 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2021-24218](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24218/): Facebook for WordPress 3.0.0-3.0.3 - CSRF to Stored XSS and Settings Deletion (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-24217](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24217/): Facebook for WordPress < 3.0.0 - PHP Object Injection with POP Chain (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-6392 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-6392 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Sep 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-6392 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-6392/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-6392/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6392
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6392
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-6392

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-6392/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.