PT-2017-9846 · Sitecore · Sitecore Experience Platform

Pralhad Chaskar · Published 2017-03-19 · Updated 2017-03-21 · CVE-2016-8855

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 Sitecore Experience Platform version 8.1 rev. 160519 (8.1 Update-3)

Description The issue allows remote attacks via the Name or Description parameter in the "/sitecore/client/Applications/List Manager/Taskpages/Contact list" endpoint. This is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue.

Recommendations For Sitecore Experience Platform version 8.1 rev. 160519 (8.1 Update-3), update to version 8.2 Update-2 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "/sitecore/client/Applications/List Manager/Taskpages/Contact list" endpoint and avoid using the Name or Description parameters until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-8855

Affected Products

Sitecore Experience Platform

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/41618 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141655/Sitecore-Experience-Platform-8.1-Update-3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8855 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8855 · Security Note