PT-2014-4574 · Oss · Askbot

Published 2014-03-05 · Updated 2026-05-06 · CVE-2014-2236

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Askbot versions prior to 0.7.49

Description The issue concerns multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. The vulnerabilities are related to vectors involving the tag or user search forms.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.7.49, update to version 0.7.49 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting user input in the tag and user search forms to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-2236

Affected Products

Askbot

References · 8

• 🔥 https://github.com/ASKBOT/askbot-devel/commit/876e3662ff6b78cc6241338c15e3a0cb49edf4e2#diff-b693b4c02739be4b3231bece15b0eb87 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/ASKBOT/askbot-devel/commit/a676a86b6b7a5737d4da4f59f71e037406f88d29 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2236 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/57163 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1070852 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/162449 · Telegram Post
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/28/8 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/65885 · Note