CVE-2018-20816 Cross-site scripting in n/a
Attackers can steal session cookies via XSS and CSRF in the dashboard feature, leading to account takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-20816?
CVE-2018-20816 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Salesagility Suitecrm, published on 5 Apr 2019. 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
An XSS combined with CSRF vulnerability discovered in SalesAgility SuiteCRM 7.x before 7.8.24 and 7.10.x before 7.10.11 leads to cookie stealing, aka session hijacking. This issue affects the "add dashboard pages" feature where users can receive a malicious attack through a phished URL, with script executed.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-20816?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Salesagility Suitecrm.
How do I fix CVE-2018-20816?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-20816 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-2018-20816 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-20816 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Salesagility Suitecrm
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m8mc-2q3x-mw37.