Alkacon OpenCMS XSS via homelink, workplaceresource, mode and query parameters
Date: 2022-05
Affected: maven/org.opencms:opencms-core
Attack vector: xss
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: Low
CVE: CVE-2015-2351
CWE: CWE-79

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Alkacon OpenCms 9.5.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) homelink parameter to system/modules/org.opencms.workplace.help/jsptemplates/help_head.jsp, (2) workplaceresource parameter to system/workplace/locales/en/help/index.html, (3) path parameter to system/workplace/views/admin/admin-main.jsp, (4) mode parameter to system/workplace/views/explorer/explorer_files.jsp, or (5) query parameter in a search action to system/modules/org.opencms.workplace.help/elements/search.jsp.


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