CVE-2013-2651 Medium severity

Multiple Reflected XSS Vulnerabilities in BoltWire <= v3.5

Multiple Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities in BoltWire via the p and content parameters.

Original release date
March 2013
Discovered by
Manuel García Cárdenas
Severity
4.8 / 10 CVSS v2.0
Affected product
BoltWire 3.5 and earlier

Antecedentes

BoltWire is an easy-to-use web development engine, with the flexibility of a wiki, a CMS, a database, and a search engine, among other features, integrated into a single system.

Description

A reflected XSS vulnerability has been detected in BoltWire 3.5 and earlier that allows arbitrary HTML or script code to be executed in the victim's browser. The injection is performed through the p and content parameters of the index.php page.

Business impact

An attacker can execute arbitrary HTML or script code in a user's browser, which can be used to steal sensitive information such as credentials or personal data.

Affected systems

All versions of BoltWire up to 3.5.

Solución

Validate all data received by the application that the user can modify before using it.

Calendario de divulgación

Mar 20, 2013 Vulnerability discovered by Internet Security Auditors.
Mar 25, 2013 Sent to the development team.
9 Oct 2013 After several months without a response, full disclosure is made.

References

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