SB2019013005 - Cross-site scripting in ATutor

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SB2019013005 - Cross-site scripting in ATutor

Published: January 30, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019013005
Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
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) Self-XSS (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7172)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via a vulnerable Real Name field to /mods/_core/users/admins/my_edit.php. A remote attacker can trick the victim into passing certain data to vulnerable fields within the interface and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in 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

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

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