GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist
GHSA-3pc2-fm7p-q2vg Cross-site Scripting in October
LOW
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- Aliases
- CVE-2020-4061
- Ecosystem
- Packagist
- Packages
- october/backend
- Severity
- Low
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
- Reviewed
- 2020-07-02
Affected packages
• Packagist october/backend: >= 1.0.319, < 1.0.467 → fixed in 1.0.467
Description
Impact
Pasting content copied from malicious websites into the Froala richeditor could result in a successful self-XSS attack.
Patches
Issue has been patched in Build 467 (v1.0.467).
Workarounds
Apply https://github.com/octobercms/october/commit/b384954a29b89117e1c0d6035b3ede4f46df67c5 to your installation manually if unable to upgrade to Build 467.
References
• https://research.securitum.com/the-curious-case-of-copy-paste/
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
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Threat Assessment
Assessed as Low given that by the nature of the attack it can only impact users that do it to themselves by copying and pasting from malicious websites.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Michał Bentkowski of Securitum for finding the original issue in Froala and @tomaszstrojny for reporting the issue to the October CMS team.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2020-4061 In October from version 1.0.319 and before version 1.0.467, pasting content copied from malicious websites into the Froala richeditor could… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness