CVE-2018-15707 Cross-site scripting in Advantech WebAccess
Cross-site scripting in Advantech WebAccess allows attackers to steal credentials and potentially take over accounts.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-15707?
CVE-2018-15707 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess, published on 31 Oct 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
Advantech WebAccess 8.3.1 and 8.3.2 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting in the Bwmainleft.asp page. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to disclose credentials amongst other things.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15707?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Advantech Webaccess.
How do I fix CVE-2018-15707?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-15707 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-2018-15707 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15707 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Advantech Webaccess
- CVE-2014-9208 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in unspecified DLL files in Advantech WebAccess before 8.0.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitra
- CVE-2021-33023 Advantech WebAccess
- CVE-2021-38389 Advantech WebAccess
- CVE-2021-38408 Memory corruption in Advantech WebAccess
- CVE-2020-12019 Memory corruption in WebAccess Node
Sources
Also known as GHSA-576c-8r8h-4gm7.