PT-2017-18521 · Genixcms · Genixcms

Fgeek · Published 2017-05-04 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2017-8780

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GeniXCMS version 1.0.2

Description The issue is triggered by a comment that is mishandled during a publish operation by an administrator. This can be demonstrated by a malformed P element, leading to a cross-site scripting (XSS) issue.

Recommendations For GeniXCMS version 1.0.2, consider disabling the comment publishing feature for administrators until a patch is available to prevent potential exploitation. Restrict access to the publish operation to minimize the risk of XSS attacks.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8780

GHSA-5HF2-7XF4-W3J6

Affected Products

Genixcms

References · 6

• https://github.com/semplon/GeniXCMS/issues/74 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8780 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5hf2-7xf4-w3j6 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8780 · Security Note
• https://github.com/GeniXCMS/GeniXCMS · Note
• https://github.com/semplon/GeniXCMS/commit/e0ad60b2bb967fa3f63c35b92afe84c5f3b31009 · Note