Gentics CMS up to 5.43.0 profile description/username cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Gentics CMS up to 5.43.0. This issue affects some unknown processing. Executing a manipulation of the argument profile description/username can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-30982. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Gentics CMS up to 5.43.0 (Content Management System). This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument profile description/username 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. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in Gentics CMS before 5.43.1. There is stored XSS in the profile description and in the username.

The weakness was released 07/18/2022. The advisory is shared for download at sec-consult.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-30982 since 05/18/2022. 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.

Upgrading to version 5.43.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Content Management System

Vendor

• Gentics

Name

• CMS

Version

• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4
• 5.5
• 5.6
• 5.7
• 5.8
• 5.9
• 5.10
• 5.11
• 5.12
• 5.13
• 5.14
• 5.15
• 5.16
• 5.17
• 5.18
• 5.19
• 5.20
• 5.21
• 5.22
• 5.23
• 5.24
• 5.25
• 5.26
• 5.27
• 5.28
• 5.29
• 5.30
• 5.31
• 5.32
• 5.33
• 5.34
• 5.35
• 5.36
• 5.37
• 5.38
• 5.39
• 5.40
• 5.41
• 5.42
• 5.43.0

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