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Invenio-Communities has a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in React components

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 12, 2024 in inveniosoftware/invenio-communities • Updated Jun 12, 2024

Package

pip invenio-communities (pip)

Affected versions

>= 5.0.0, < 7.8.0
>= 3.0.0, < 4.2.2
< 2.8.11

Patched versions

7.8.0
4.2.2
2.8.11

Description

Impact

We have identified a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability within certain React components related to community members in the Invenio-Communities module. This vulnerability enables a user to inject a script tag into the Affiliations field during the account registration process. The malicious script is executed when the user creates a new community and is listed as a public member.

The script is triggered whenever any user visits the Members section of any community that includes the compromised user. This can potentially allow the attacker to access personal information, such as cookies, of the visiting user.

Patches

The problem has been patched in v7.8.0. Patches also have been backported in versions v4.2.2 and v2.8.11.

Credits

Thanks to Twitter.com/AliGoodLuck11 for reporting the vulnerability with a detailed description on how to reproduce it!

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Email us at [email protected]

References

@zzacharo zzacharo published to inveniosoftware/invenio-communities Jun 12, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 12, 2024
Reviewed Jun 12, 2024
Last updated Jun 12, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses

CVE ID

No known CVE

GHSA ID

GHSA-hjx6-f647-mvf9

Source code

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