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Apache OFBiz: CVE-2016-6800: Cross-site Scripting vulnerability.

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Aug 30, 2017
Added
Dec 23, 2024
Modified
Apr 28, 2026

Description

The default configuration of the apache ofbiz framework offers a blog functionality. different users are able to operate blogs which are related to specific parties. in the form field for the creation of new blog articles the user input of the summary field as well as the article field is not properly sanitized. it is possible to inject arbitrary javascript code in these form fields. this code gets executed from the browser of every user who is visiting this article. mitigation: upgrade to apache ofbiz 16.11.01.

Solution

apache-ofbiz-upgrade-latest
Title
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