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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in OkCupid OK Web Server. This affects an unknown part of the file libahttp/err.c of the component 404 Error Message. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-3148. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in OkCupid OK Web Server (Web Server) (affected version not known). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file libahttp/err.c of the component 404 Error Message. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in libahttp/err.c in OkCupid OKWS (OK Web Server) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to a non-existent page, which is not properly handled in a 404 error page.

The weakness was disclosed 08/31/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at twitter.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-3148 since 05/02/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 83842 (FreeBSD : cURL -- multiple vulnerabilities (6294f75f-03f2-11e5-aab1-d050996490d0)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (83842). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Web Server

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• OkCupid

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• OK Web Server

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• open-source

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