SB2020021342 - Cross-site scripting in aws-js-s3-explorer
Published: February 13, 2020 Updated: February 20, 2020
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14652)
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. explorer.js in Amazon AWS JavaScript S3 Explorer v2 alpha before 2019-08-02 allows XSS in certain circumstances.. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link 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
Install update from vendor's website.