PT-2017-13778 · Blogotext · Blogotext

Chb9 · Published 2017-10-01 · Updated 2017-10-06 · CVE-2017-14957

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 BlogoText versions prior to 3.7.6

Description The issue allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject JavaScript via a comment in the inc/conv.php file. If the victim is an administrator, the attacker can change global settings or create/delete posts. It is also possible to execute JavaScript against unauthenticated users of the blog.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.7.6, update to version 3.7.6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the inc/conv.php file or disabling comments until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-14957

Affected Products

Blogotext

References · 6

• https://github.com/BlogoText/blogotext/releases/tag/3.7.6 · Patch
• https://github.com/BlogoText/blogotext/pull/320/commits/1a283cc8ad2cda37e0a6aff8f4558b98ecbfd9c2 · Patch
• https://github.com/BlogoText/blogotext/issues/318 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-14957 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14957 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/01/1 · Patch