PivotX up to 2.3.8 cross site scripting

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in PivotX up to 2.3.8. This affects some unknown processing. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PivotX before 2.3.9 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the title field to (1) templates_internal/pages.tpl, (2) templates_internal/home.tpl, or (3) templates_internal/entries.tpl; (4) an event field to objects.php; or the (5) email or (6) nickname field to pages.php, related to templates_internal/users.tpl.

The weakness was disclosed 04/15/2014 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-0341 since 12/05/2013. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Required for exploitation is a authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84695 (FreeBSD : pivotx -- XSS (XSS) vulnerability (14d846d6-27b3-11e5-a15a-50af736ef1c0)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12933 (PivotX Multiple Cross-Site Scripting and Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 2.3.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (92587) and Tenable (84695). The entry 69328 is pretty similar.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 84695
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : pivotx -- XSS (XSS) vulnerability (14d846d6-27b3-11e5-a15a-50af736ef1c0)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PivotX 2.3.3

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-0341 (🔍)
X-Force: 92587
Vulnerability Center: 44379 - PivotX <2.3.9 Multiple Remote XSS Vulnerabilities, Low
SecurityFocus: 66800 - PivotX CVE-2014-0341 Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 03/15/2022 08:30
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (58), 05/27/2017 10:39 (8), 03/15/2022 08:30 (3)
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