CVE-2014-8577 Cross-site scripting in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers with admin privileges can inject arbitrary scripts via multiple parameters in Croogo CMS, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.

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-2014-8577?

CVE-2014-8577 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Oct 2014. 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 Croogo before 2.1.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) data[Contact][title] parameter to admin/contacts/contacts/add page; (2) data[Block][title] or (3) data[Block][alias] parameter to admin/blocks/blocks/edit page; (4) data[Region][title] parameter to admin/blocks/regions/add page; (5) data[Menu][title] or (6) data[Menu][alias] parameter to admin/menus/menus/add page; or (7) data[Link][title] parameter to admin/menus/links/add/menu page.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8577?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Croogo Croogo.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8577?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-8577 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-2014-8577 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8577 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w972-cgx5-m42r.

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