PT-2014-8727 · X3 · X3 Cms

Published 2014-12-03 · Updated 2014-12-05 · CVE-2014-8772

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.5

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions X3 CMS versions 0.5.1 through 0.5.1.1

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists in the search controller, allowing remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search parameter. This can lead to the execution of malicious code on the victim's browser.

Recommendations For X3 CMS versions 0.5.1 through 0.5.1.1, consider restricting access to the search functionality until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the search parameter in the affected API endpoint. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-8772

Affected Products

X3 Cms

References · 3

• 🔥 http://hacktivity.websecgeeks.com/x3-cms-xss-and-csrf · Exploit
• http://x3cms.net/en/news/article/8bb9a4f84d956653b4daa19ee7c529fa/x3_cms_0.5.2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8772 · Security Note