Name: CVE-2014-4172: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2014-4172, CWE-74, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.06057

A URL parameter injection vulnerability was found in the back-channel ticket validation step of the CAS protocol in Jasig Java CAS Client before 3.3.2, .NET CAS Client before 1.0.2, and phpCAS before 1.3.3 that allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) service parameter to validation/AbstractUrlBasedTicketValidator.java or (2) pgtUrl parameter to validation/Cas20ServiceTicketValidator.java.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade php-cas	Jul 30, 2024	Jan 24, 2020
Moodle	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Moodle	Apr 19, 2017	Sep 2, 2014

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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