CVE-2019-16763

XSS in Pannellum from 2.5.0 through 2.5.4

Description

In Pannellum from 2.5.0 through 2.5.4 URLs were not sanitized for data URIs (or vbscript:), allowing for potential XSS attacks. Such an attack would require a user to click on a hot spot to execute and would require an attacker-provided configuration. The most plausible potential attack would be if pannellum.htm was hosted on a domain that shared cookies with the targeted site's user authentication; an <iframe> could then be embedded on the attacker's site using pannellum.htm from the targeted site, which would allow the attacker to potentially access information from the targeted site as the authenticated user (or worse if the targeted site did not have adequate CSRF protections) if the user clicked on a hot spot in the attacker's embedded panorama viewer. This was patched in version 2.5.5.

Remediation

Workaround:

  • Don't host pannellum.htm on a domain that shares cookies with user authentication.

Category

4.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.69% Top 30%
Third-Party Advisory github.com
Affected: mpretroff pannellum
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-16763?
CVE-2019-16763 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-16763?
As a workaround for remediating CVE-2019-16763: Don't host pannellum.htm on a domain that shares cookies with user authentication.
Is CVE-2019-16763 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2019-16763 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2019-16763?
CVE-2019-16763 affects mpretroff pannellum.
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