CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-10569

8.1 HIGH Published 2018-05-31 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-05-31
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-310, CWE-311

Description

embedza is a module to create HTML snippets/embeds from URLs using info from oEmbed, Open Graph, meta tags. embedza versions below 1.2.4 download JavaScript resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks. It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested JavaScript file with an attacker controlled JavaScript file if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.

Affected configurations

• embedza project embedza (< 1.2.4)

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data weakness

References