SB2015081403 - Cross-site scripting in bestpractical.squarespace.com rt4 

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SB2015081403 - Cross-site scripting in bestpractical.squarespace.com rt4

Published: August 14, 2015 Updated: July 28, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2015081403
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5475)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in Request Tracker (RT) 4.x before 4.2.12 when processing vectors related to the (1) user and (2) group rights management pages. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References