Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Kaltura (CVE-2017-14142)
Summary
Cross-site scripting in Kaltura (CVE-2017-14142). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Kaltura before 13.2.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) partnerId or (2) playerVersion parameter to server/admin_console/web/tools/bigRedButton.php; the (3) partnerId, (4) playerVersion, (5) secret, (6) entryId, (7) adminUiConfId, or (8) uiConfId parameter to server/admin_console/web/tools/bigRedButtonPtsPoc.php; the (9) streamUsername, (10) streamPassword, (11) streamRemoteId, (12) streamRemoteBackupId, or (13) entryId parameter to server/admin_console/web/tools/AkamaiBroadcaster.php; the (14) entryId parameter to server/admin_console/web/tools/XmlJWPlayer.php; or the (15) partnerId or (16) playerVersion parameter to server/alpha/web/lib/bigRedButtonPtsPocHlsjs.php.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-14142 has been found in Kaltura.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.1/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kaltura CVE-2017-14142" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-14142 (Kaltura) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 6.1
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) exists in Kaltura.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kaltura.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.1/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Kaltura' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Kaltura' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Kalturaを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory securityfocus.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory github.com
- exploit telekomsecurity.github.io