Cross-site scripting in TCPDF - CVE-2024-56527
Published: December 30, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU102258
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-56527
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 when displaying error messages. A remote attacker 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.
Affected software
TCPDF
Fedora
phpMyAdmin
php-tcpdf
Fedora
phpMyAdmin
php-tcpdf
How to mitigate CVE-2024-56527
Install updates from vendor's website.
TCPDF - update to 6.8.0
phpMyAdmin - addressed in versions 5.2.2-1.fc40, 5.2.2-1.fc41
php-tcpdf - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1.fc40, 6.8.0-1.fc41
phpMyAdmin - addressed in versions 5.2.2-1.fc40, 5.2.2-1.fc41
php-tcpdf - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1.fc40, 6.8.0-1.fc41