CVE-2014-2729
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
3.5
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in content.aspx in Ektron CMS 8.7 before 8.7.0.055 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the category0 parameter, which is not properly handled when displaying the Subjects tab in the View Properties menu option.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ektron | ektron_content_management_system | 8.7.0 | |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126187/Ektron-CMS-8.7-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531852/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531853/100/0/threaded
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126187/Ektron-CMS-8.7-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531852/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531853/100/0/threaded
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.