Stored cross-site scripting in RichText Field Type - CVE-2024-43369
Published: August 28, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU96583
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-43369
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Ibexa
Affected software:
RichText Field Type
RichText Field Type
Detailed vulnerability 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 in the RichText fields. A remote attacker can inject 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-43369
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://github.com/ibexa/fieldtype-richtext/security/advisories/GHSA-hvcf-6324-cjh7
- https://github.com/ibexa/fieldtype-richtext/commit/0a3b830e8806d5169f697351fdc48ffd95a25c67
- https://github.com/ibexa/fieldtype-richtext/commit/59e9c1a9da60597f60cf7338bf289dccaa7e27ca
- https://developers.ibexa.co/security-advisories/ibexa-sa-2024-005-persistent-xss-in-richtext