A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in PHP Font Lib up to 0.3.0 (Programming Language Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file www/make_subset.php. The manipulation of the argument name with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in www/make_subset.php in PHP Font Lib before 0.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter.

The weakness was released 08/31/2015 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-2570 since 03/20/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:www/make_subset.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 0.3.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• PHP Font Lib

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• 0.1
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