A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Apache Syncope up to 2.0.10/2.1.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A malicious user with enough administration entitlements can inject html-like elements containing JavaScript statements into Connector names, Report names, AnyTypeClass keys and Policy descriptions. When another user with enough administration entitlements edits one of the Entities above via Admin Console, the injected JavaScript code is executed.

The bug was discovered 11/06/2018. The weakness was disclosed 11/06/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at syncope.apache.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-17184 since 09/19/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.0.11 or 2.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entry 126488 is pretty similar.

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• Apache

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• Syncope

Version

• 2.0.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.0.2
• 2.0.3
• 2.0.4
• 2.0.5
• 2.0.6
• 2.0.7
• 2.0.8
• 2.0.9
• 2.0.10
• 2.1.0
• 2.1.1

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• open-source

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