Sulu up to 2.4.15/2.5.11 Tag Name cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sulu up to 2.4.15/2.5.11 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Tag Name Handler. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-24807. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sulu up to 2.4.15/2.5.11. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Tag Name Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Sulu is a highly extensible open-source PHP content management system based on the Symfony framework. There is an issue when inputting HTML into the Tag name. The HTML is executed when the tag name is listed in the auto complete form. Only admin users can create tags so they are the only ones affected. The problem is patched with version(s) 2.4.16 and 2.5.12.

The weakness was released 02/06/2024 as GHSA-gfrh-gwqc-63cv. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-24807 since 01/31/2024. 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 2.4.16 or 2.5.12 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com.

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Name

• Sulu

Version

• 2.4.0
• 2.4.1
• 2.4.2
• 2.4.3
• 2.4.4
• 2.4.5
• 2.4.6
• 2.4.7
• 2.4.8
• 2.4.9
• 2.4.10
• 2.4.11
• 2.4.12
• 2.4.13
• 2.4.14
• 2.4.15
• 2.5.0
• 2.5.1
• 2.5.2
• 2.5.3
• 2.5.4
• 2.5.5
• 2.5.6
• 2.5.7
• 2.5.8
• 2.5.9
• 2.5.10
• 2.5.11

Website

• Product: https://github.com/sulu/sulu/

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