CVE-2012-5163: XSS

Q: Which installations are affected?

OSClass versions before 2.3.5 are affected. The issue is in the administrative AJAX endpoint handling the enable_category action.

Q: Does exploitation require authentication?

No. The vulnerability is remotely exploitable without authentication, although exploitation requires a moderate attack complexity.

Q: What should be patched?

Update OSClass to version 2.3.5 or later, as a patch is available.

Published Sep 26, 2012

Updated

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in oc-admin/ajax/ajax.php in OSClass before 2.3.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the id parameter in an enablecategory action to index.php.

Affected Software

1 affected component

OSClass Osclass<=2.3.4

Remediation

Patch Available

http://osclass.org/2012/01/16/osclass-2-3-5/

Event History

Sep 26, 2012

CVE Published

via MITRE·12:00 AM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·12:00 AM

Description

Frequently Asked Questions

Which installations are affected?

OSClass versions before 2.3.5 are affected. The issue is in the administrative AJAX endpoint handling the enable_category action.

Does exploitation require authentication?

No. The vulnerability is remotely exploitable without authentication, although exploitation requires a moderate attack complexity.

What should be patched?

Update OSClass to version 2.3.5 or later, as a patch is available.

CVSS Score

4.3Medium

Medium Severity

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Security Metrics

Risk Score22

Severitymedium(4.3)

CWE

Timeline

PublishedSep 26, 2012

Updated

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