CVE-2018-5705 Cross-site scripting in n/a

Medium 6.1 Published Updated

Cross-site scripting in Reservo Image Hosting allows attackers to steal user and admin sessions via malicious URLs, 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-2018-5705?

CVE-2018-5705 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Jan 2018. 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

Reservo Image Hosting 1.6 is vulnerable to XSS attacks. The affected function is its search engine (the t parameter to the /search URI). Since there is an user/admin login interface, it's possible for attackers to steal sessions of users and thus admin(s). By sending users an infected URL, code will be executed.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5705?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Reservo Image Hosting.

How do I fix CVE-2018-5705?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5705 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-2018-5705 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5705 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8h5p-57f6-h2jc.

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