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Header Footer Code Manager
4known security flaws found in Header Footer Code Manager
since October 2021
Safe from 1.1.35
Version 1.1.35 or later fixes all of them. A site on an older version is open to them.
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When they were found.
DangerousMajorMinorAdvisory
What they could let someone do.
What could happen
- Database injection
Someone could read or change what is in the site's database: customer details, orders, password records, or a new administrator account.
How: The software builds its questions to the database out of what visitors type, so carefully written input changes the question itself.
Read about it here - Cross-site scripting
Someone could make your pages run their own script in visitors' browsers, to steal logins, show a fake payment form or send people to a scam site.
How: The software puts text it was sent back onto a page without making it safe first, so a script hidden in a link, form or comment runs as if it were part of your site.
Read about it here - Forged requests
Someone could get a signed in administrator to change something without knowing, such as adding a new admin or changing settings, just by visiting a page.
How: The software does not check that a change came from its own pages, so another site can quietly send one through the administrator's browser.
Read about it here
Every known flaw, newest first (4)
- July 2023MinorForged requestsFixed in 1.1.35. No login needed.
- June 2022MinorCross-site scriptingFixed in 1.1.24. No login needed.
- February 2022MinorCross-site scriptingFixed in 1.1.17. No login needed.
- October 2021MajorDatabase injectionFixed in 1.1.14. Needs a login on the site.
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