CVE-2014-2236 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Askbot before 0.7.49 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to the (1) tag or (2) user search forms.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00421.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Askbot	Askbot

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:askbot:askbot::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:askbot:askbot:0.7.40:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:askbot:askbot:0.7.41:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:askbot:askbot:0.7.42:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:askbot:askbot:0.7.43:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:askbot:askbot:0.7.44:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:askbot:askbot:0.7.45:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:askbot:askbot:0.7.46:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:askbot:askbot:0.7.47:::::::*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/57163
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/28/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65885
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1070852
https://github.com/ASKBOT/askbot-devel/commit/876e3662ff6b78cc6241338c15e3a0cb49edf4e2#diff-b693b4c02739be4b3231bece15b0eb87
https://github.com/ASKBOT/askbot-devel/commit/a676a86b6b7a5737d4da4f59f71e037406f88d29

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2014-03-05T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:05:59.989Z

Reserved: 2014-02-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-2236

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-03-05T16:37:40.703

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-2236

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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