PT-2016-6972 · Dotclear · Dotclear

Chen Ruiqi · Published 2016-12-09 · Updated 2016-12-13 · CVE-2016-6523

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Dotclear versions prior to 2.10

Description The issue concerns multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the media manager. These vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. Specifically, the q and link type parameters to the "admin/media.php" endpoint are vulnerable.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.10, update to version 2.10 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the admin/media.php endpoint and avoid using the q and link type parameters until the issue is resolved.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-6523

Affected Products

Dotclear

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6523 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/13 · Patch
• https://hg.dotclear.org/dotclear/file/18dc878c1178/CHANGELOG · Vendor Advisory
• https://hg.dotclear.org/dotclear/rev/40d0207e520d · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6523 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/3 · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92272 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6523 · Note