Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting org.b3log:symphony package, versions [,2.3.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGB3LOG-32067
  • published11 Feb 2018
  • disclosed14 Nov 2017
  • creditgh0stkey

Introduced: 14 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-16821  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.b3log:symphony to version 2.3.0 or higher.

Overview

org.b3log:symphony is a modern community (forum/BBS/social network/blog) platform implemented in Java.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) which demonstrated by a crafted X-Forwarded-For HTTP header that is mishandled during display of a client IP address in /admin/user/userid.

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