Medium severity · published Nov 20, 2017
CVE-2017-16908
In Horde Groupware 5.2.19, there is XSS via the Name field during creation of a new Resource
5.4
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Horde Groupware 5.2.19, there is XSS via the Name field during creation of a new Resource. This can be leveraged for remote code execution after compromising an administrator account, because the CVE-2015-7984 CSRF protection mechanism can then be bypassed.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GR
Groupware · Horde
5.2.19 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16908
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16908
Exploit
http://code610.blogspot.com/2017/11/rce-via-xss-horde-5219.html
Patch
https://github.com/horde/kronolith/commit/39f740068ad21618f6f70b6e37855c61cadbd716
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00048.html
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