CVE-2021-22872 (GCVE-0-2021-22872)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-21 19:15 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Revive Adserver before 5.1.0 is vulnerable to a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the publicly accessible afr.php delivery script. While this issue was previously addressed in modern browsers as CVE-2020-8115, some older browsers (e.g., IE10) that do not automatically URL encode parameters were still vulnerable.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected (CWE-79)
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.revive-adserver.com/security/revive-s… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://hackerone.com/reports/986365 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserve… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserve… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/60 | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161070/Reviv… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver |
Affected:
Fixed in 5.1.0
|
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