phlex prior 1.10.1 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in phlex and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-32463. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in phlex and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

phlex is an open source framework for building object-oriented views in Ruby. There is a potential cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that can be exploited via maliciously crafted user data. The filter to detect and prevent the use of the `javascript:` URL scheme in the `href` attribute of an `` tag could be bypassed with tab `\t` or newline `\n` characters between the characters of the protocol, e.g. `java\tscript:`. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.10.1, 1.9.2, 1.8.3, 1.7.2, 1.6.3, 1.5.3, and 1.4.2. Configuring a Content Security Policy that does not allow `unsafe-inline` would effectively prevent this vulnerability from being exploited.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-32463 since 04/12/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading to version 1.4.2, 1.5.3, 1.6.3, 1.7.2, 1.8.3, 1.9.2 or 1.10.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 9e3f5b980655817993682e409cbda72956d865cb is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 7.1
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Exploitinginfo

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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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: phlex 1.4.2/1.5.3/1.6.3/1.7.2/1.8.3/1.9.2/1.10.1
Patch: 9e3f5b980655817993682e409cbda72956d865cb

Timelineinfo

04/12/2024 🔍
04/17/2024 +5 days 🔍
04/17/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/05/2025 +353 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-g7xq-xv8c-h98c
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-32463 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-32463
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-261356

Entryinfo

Created: 04/17/2024 18:44
Updated: 04/05/2025 13:22
Changes: 04/17/2024 18:44 (64), 04/05/2025 13:22 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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