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CVE-2014-9743

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the httpd_HtmlError function in network/httpd.c in the web interface in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the path info.

Published

2015-08-17T15:59:00.107

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	videolan	vlc_media_player	≤ 2.1.6	Yes

References

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fe5063ec5ad1873039ea719eb1f137c8f3bda84b ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/324 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.quantumleap.it/vlc-reflected-xss-vulnerability/ Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66307 ([email protected])
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fe5063ec5ad1873039ea719eb1f137c8f3bda84b (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/324 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.quantumleap.it/vlc-reflected-xss-vulnerability/ Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66307 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)