CVE-2014-8869

Public Exploit

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in mobiquo/smartbanner/welcome.php in the Tapatalk (com.tapatalk.wbb4) plugin 1.x before 1.1.2 for Woltlab Burning Board 4.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) app_android_id or (2) app_kindle_url parameter.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.45%
Vendor Advisory tapatalk.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://support.tapatalk.com/threads/tapatalk-for-woltlab-plugin-release-announcement-and-changelog.19540 patch vendor advisory
https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/rt-sa-2014-015/-cross-site-scripting-in-tapatalk-plugin-for-woltlab-burning-board-4-0 exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534449/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/31 mailing list exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71997 vdb entry exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-8869?
CVE-2014-8869 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-8869?
To fix CVE-2014-8869, 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-2014-8869 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-8869 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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