Kirby 2.5.12 HTTP Request cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kirby 2.5.12. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component HTTP Request Handler. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-14520. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kirby 2.5.12 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component HTTP Request Handler. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in Kirby 2.5.12. The application allows malicious HTTP requests to be sent in order to trick a user into adding web pages.

The weakness was disclosed 08/25/2022. The advisory is available at zaranshaikh.blogspot.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-14520 since 07/22/2018. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 Exploit-DB (45068). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/22/2018 🔍
08/25/2022 +1495 days 🔍
08/25/2022 +0 days 🔍
06/17/2025 +1027 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: zaranshaikh.blogspot.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-14520 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-14520
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-207122
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 08/25/2022 08:58
Updated: 06/17/2025 23:09
Changes: 08/25/2022 08:58 (39), 09/25/2022 14:44 (13), 06/17/2025 23:09 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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