CVE-2014-4033

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Published 2014-06-11 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.3

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in libraries/includes/personal/profile.php in Epignosis eFront 3.6.14.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the surname parameter to student.php.

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.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-33697 webapps php text · 1 KB

shyamkumar somana · 2014-06-09

eFront 3.6.14.4 - 'surname' Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

# Exploit Title: Persistent Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability in eFront
3.6.14.4
# Date: 05 June 2014
# Exploit Author: shyamkumar somana
# Vendor Homepage: http://www.efrontlearning.net
# Software Link:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/efrontlearning/files/latest/download
# Version: 3.6.14.4
# Tested on: Windows 7

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eFront 3.6.14.4 is vulnerable for a Persistent Cross Site Scripting
Vulnerability.
The vulnerability affects 'surname' parameter(Last Name Field) while
updating the account details.

Vendor has supplied a workaround for the vulnerability which can be found
at

https://github.com/epignosis/efront_open_source/issues/5

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Greetz : oldmanlab, Jinen Patel

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
efrontlearning	efront	`3.6.14.4`

References

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.