Craft CMS up to 3.0.1 User Creation cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Craft CMS up to 3.0.1. This affects an unknown part of the component User Creation Handler. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-36259. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Craft CMS up to 3.0.1 (Content Management System). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code of the component User Creation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Craft CMS Audit Plugin before version 3.0.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code during user creation.

The weakness was published 01/30/2024. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-36259 since 06/21/2023. 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 3.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CMS 3.0.2
Patch: github.com

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06/21/2023 🔍
01/30/2024 +223 days 🔍
01/30/2024 +0 days 🔍
05/30/2025 +485 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-36259 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-36259
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-252375

Entryinfo

Created: 01/30/2024 09:30
Updated: 05/30/2025 02:38
Changes: 01/30/2024 09:30 (12), 01/30/2024 09:31 (9), 02/22/2024 00:18 (21), 02/22/2024 00:32 (11), 05/30/2025 02:38 (16)
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Committer: Noah Ruef
Cache ID: 216::103

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