CVE-2011-4340

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Symphony CMS 2.2.3 and possibly other versions before 2.2.4 allow remote authenticated users with Author privileges to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the profile parameter to extensions/profiledevkit/content/content.profile.php, as demonstrated via requests to (a) the default URI, (b) about/, or (c) drafts/; or (2) the filter parameter in symphony/lib/core/class.symphony.php, as demonstrated via requests to (d) symphony/publish/comments or (e) symphony/publish/images. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Category

3.5
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.71% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/xss-and-sql-injection-vulnerabilities-in-symphony-cms/
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2011/Nov/8 mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71106 vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/76883 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/46663 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/76882 vdb entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/22/9 mailing list
http://symphony-cms.com/download/releases/version/2.2.4/ patch
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/106493/symphonycms-sqlxss.txt

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-4340?
CVE-2011-4340 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-4340?
To fix CVE-2011-4340, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-4340 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-4340 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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