SB2016121309 - Cross-site scripting in Adobe RoboHelp
Published: December 13, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016121309
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7891)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting this page and execute arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code in victim’s browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks as well as steal victim’s cookies.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.