gohugoio hugo up to 0.125.2 Markdown Title cross site scripting

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in gohugoio hugo up to 0.125.2. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Markdown Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument Title can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-32875. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in gohugoio hugo up to 0.125.2. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component Markdown Handler. The manipulation of the argument title 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. CVE summarizes:

Hugo is a static site generator. Starting in version 0.123.0 and prior to version 0.125.3, title arguments in Markdown for links and images not escaped in internal render hooks. Hugo users who are impacted are those who have these hooks enabled and do not trust their Markdown content files. The issue is patched in v0.125.3. As a workaround, replace the templates with user defined templates or disable the internal templates.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-32875 since 04/19/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 0.125.3 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com.

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• gohugoio

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• hugo

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• 0.125.0
• 0.125.1
• 0.125.2

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• Product: https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/

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