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GHSA-W62V-Q77R-66CC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-12-13 12:30 – Updated: 2025-06-20 16:04

Summary

Alkacon OpenCMS XSS via Mercury template

Details

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Alkacon Software Open CMS, affecting versions 14 and 15 of the 'Mercury' template. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to send a specially crafted JavaScript payload to a victim and partially take control of their browsing session.

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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  "modified": "2025-06-20T16:04:53Z",
  "published": "2023-12-13T12:30:43Z",
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      "url": "https://github.com/alkacon/opencms-core"
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}

CVE-2023-6379 (GCVE-0-2023-6379)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-13 10:52 – Updated: 2024-10-01 14:47

Title

Cross-site Scripting in Alkacon Software OpenCms

Summary

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-02-06 16:31 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

INCIBE INCIBE root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/avis…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Alkacon	Open CMS	Affected: 14 Affected: 15

Date Public

2023-11-29 11:00

Credits

Miguel Segovia Gil

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