PT-2017-17142 · Webpagetest · Webpagetest

Bestshow · Published 2017-03-08 · Updated 2017-03-18 · CVE-2017-6540

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 webpagetest version 3.0

Description Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issues were discovered due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data passed to the "webpagetest-master/www/benchmarks/compare.php" URL. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.

Recommendations For webpagetest version 3.0, ensure proper filtration of user-supplied data to prevent XSS issues. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the compare.php URL until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-6540

Affected Products

Webpagetest

References · 4

• 🔥 https://github.com/WPO-Foundation/webpagetest/issues/830 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6540 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6540 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96935 · Note