CVE-2014-9470

Public Exploit

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the loadForm function in Frontend/Modules/Search/Actions/Index.php in Fork CMS before 3.8.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the q_widget parameter to en/search.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.87% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory fork-cms.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.itas.vn/news/itas-team-found-out-a-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-fork-cms-70.html broken link
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/38 mailing list third party advisory exploit
http://www.fork-cms.com/blog/detail/fork-3.8.4-released vendor advisory
https://github.com/forkcms/forkcms/commit/4a7814762adf4f56f932d95146c7e4126d872114 third party advisory patch
https://github.com/forkcms/forkcms/issues/1018s broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72017 third party advisory vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-9470?
CVE-2014-9470 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-9470?
To fix CVE-2014-9470, 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-2014-9470 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-9470 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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