A vulnerability was found in Codiad 1.7.8. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file components/filemanager/class.filemanager.php of the component Filemanager. The manipulation of the argument path as part of a Variable 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. The summary by CVE is:

** PRODUCT NOT SUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in Codiad v1.7.8 and later. The vulnerability occurs because of improper sanitization of the folder's name $path variable in components/filemanager/class.filemanager.php. NOTE: the vendor states "Codiad is no longer under active maintenance by core contributors."

The weakness was presented 08/25/2020. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-14042 since 06/12/2020. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

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The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with as an alternative.

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• 1.7.8

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