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CVE-2017-16881 (GCVE-0-2017-16881)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-18 13:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:00
VLAI
Summary
b3log Symphony (aka Sym) 2.2.0 does not properly address XSS in JSON objects, as demonstrated by a crafted userAvatarURL value to /settings/avatar, related to processor/AdminProcessor.java, processor/ArticleProcessor.java, processor/UserProcessor.java, service/ArticleQueryService.java, service/AvatarQueryService.java, and service/CommentQueryService.java.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://github.com/b3log/symphony/issues/504 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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