A vulnerability was found in GeniXCMS 1.0.2 (Content Management System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code of the component Comment Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

GeniXCMS 1.0.2 has XSS triggered by a comment that is mishandled during a publish operation by an administrator, as demonstrated by a malformed P element.

The bug was discovered 05/04/2017. The weakness was published 05/04/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-8780 since 05/04/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. A authentication is needed for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Similar entries are available at VDB-222242, VDB-225239, VDB-230292 and VDB-239865.

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• Content Management System

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• GeniXCMS

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• 1.0.2

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• open-source

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