PT-2014-71: Cross-Site Scripting in Jahia CMS

Vulnerable software

Jahia CMS

Version: 6.6.2.4 and earlier

Link:
http://www.jahia.com/

Severity level

Severity level: Medium
Impact: Cross-Site Scripting
Access Vector: Remote

CVSS v2:
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVE: not assigned

Software description

Jahia CMS is a web content management system.

Vulnerability description

The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Jahia CMS.

Reflected cross-site scripting in the group_search.jsp page allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML tags (including JavaScript scripts, etc.) to a page processed by user's browser.

How to fix

Update your software up to the latest version.

Advisory status

19.12.2013 - Vendor gets vulnerability details
30.04.2014 - Vendor releases fixed version and details
26.12.2014 - Public disclosure

Credits

The vulnerability was detected by using Positive Technologies Application Inspector, the application security testing system

References

http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2014-71

Reports on the vulnerabilities previously discovered by Positive Research:

http://www.ptsecurity.com/research/advisory/
http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/

Threatscape