Multiple vulnerabilities in Kirby



Published: 2023-07-27 | Updated: 2023-09-08
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 5
CVE-ID CVE-2023-38491
CVE-2023-38488
CVE-2023-38490
CVE-2023-38492
CVE-2023-38489
CWE-ID CWE-79
CWE-140
CWE-611
CWE-770
CWE-613
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #3 is available.
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Kirby
Web applications / Modules and components for CMS

Vendor Ian Stewart

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 5 vulnerabilities.

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU78717

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38491

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data within MIME type auto-detection of uploaded files. A remote user can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Kirby: 3.5.0 - 3.9.5

External links

http://github.com/getkirby/kirby/security/advisories/GHSA-8fv7-wq38-f5c9


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Improper Neutralization of Delimiters

EUVDB-ID: #VU78722

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38488

CWE-ID: CWE-140 - Improper Neutralization of Delimiters

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to field injection in the KirbyData text storage handler. A remote user can overwrite content fields that the site developer did not intend to be modified.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Kirby: 3.5.0 - 3.9.5

External links

http://github.com/getkirby/kirby/security/advisories/GHSA-x5mr-p6v4-wp93


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) XML External Entity injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU78720

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38490

CWE-ID: CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input in the XML data handler. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Kirby: 3.5.0 - 3.9.5

External links

http://github.com/getkirby/kirby/security/advisories/GHSA-q386-w6fg-gmgp


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

4) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

EUVDB-ID: #VU78719

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38492

CWE-ID: CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to unlimited password lengths. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Kirby: 3.5.0 - 3.9.5

External links

http://github.com/getkirby/kirby/security/advisories/GHSA-3v6j-v3qc-cxff


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

5) Insufficient Session Expiration

EUVDB-ID: #VU78718

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38489

CWE-ID: CWE-613 - Insufficient Session Expiration

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient session expiration after a password change. A remote user can obtain or guess session token and gain unauthorized access to session that belongs to another user.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Kirby: 3.5.0 - 3.9.5

External links

http://github.com/getkirby/kirby/security/advisories/GHSA-5mvj-rvp8-rf45


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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