CVE-2014-9439

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Published 2015-01-02 · 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 Easy File Sharing Web Server 6.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the username field during registration, which is not properly handled by forum.ghp.

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-35626 webapps php text · 1 KB

Sick Psycko · 2014-12-27

Easy File Sharing Web Server 6.8 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

Exploit Title: Easy File Sharing Webserver =>6.8 Persistent XSS
Date: 12/26/14
Exploit Author: SickPsycko
Vendor Homepage: http://www.sharing-file.com/
Version:6.8
Tested on: Windows 7 32bit

The exploit is within the username field.
So to exploit this vulnerability, One must place the payload into the
specified field when registering.

http://i.imgur.com/bibu81C.png
Once logged in. User will be greeted with such.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
efssoft	easy_file_sharing_web_server	`6.8`

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.