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GFI HelpDesk < 4.99.9 Stored XSS via charset Parameter

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severity
medium
date
Affecting

  • HelpDesk <= 4.99.9

CWE
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSS
4.8
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
References
Credit
Alex Williams from Pellera Technologies
Description
GFI HelpDesk before 4.99.9 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the language management functionality where the charset POST parameter is passed directly to SWIFT_Language::Create() without HTML sanitization and subsequently rendered unsanitized by View_Language.RenderGrid(). An authenticated administrator can inject arbitrary JavaScript through the charset field when creating or editing a language, and the payload executes in the browser of any administrator viewing the Languages page.

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