PT-2017-17409 · Shimmie · Shimmie

Published 2017-03-15 · Updated 2017-03-23 · CVE-2017-6909

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 Shimmie versions prior to 2.5.1

Description The issue is caused by insufficient filtration of user-supplied data passed to the "shimmie2-master/ext/chatbox/history/index.php" URL, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.5.1, update to version 2.5.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "shimmie2-master/ext/chatbox/history/index.php" URL to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-6909

Affected Products

Shimmie

References · 4

• https://github.com/shish/shimmie2/issues/597 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6909 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6909 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96932 · Note