CVE-2017-9838 Dolibarr Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

What is CVE-2017-9838?

CVE-2017-9838 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Dolibarr Dolibarr Erp\/Crm, published on 11 Apr 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Dolibarr ERP/CRM is affected by multiple reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in versions before 5.0.4: index.php (leftmenu parameter), core/ajax/box.php (PATH_INFO), product/stats/card.php (type parameter), holiday/list.php (month_create, month_start, and month_end parameters), and don/card.php (societe, lastname, firstname, address, zipcode, town, and email parameters).

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-9838?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including dolibarr/dolibarr. It affects 1 product.

Products include Dolibarr Dolibarr Erp\/Crm.

How do I fix CVE-2017-9838?

Upgrade dolibarr/dolibarr to 5.0.4 or later.

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-2017-9838 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9838 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Dolibarr Dolibarr Erp\/Crm

• CVE-2022-43138 Dolibarr vulnerable to privilege escalation Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-40871 Dolibarr vulnerable to Eval Injection Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-33816 Dolibarr remote PHP code execution Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7995 Dolibarr Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts Critical 9.8
• CVE-2013-2091 SQL injection in dolibarr Critical 9.8

All Dolibarr Dolibarr Erp\/Crm vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-726g-cgcq-4xw8, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9838.