advplyr audiobookshelf up to 2.9.0 File cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in advplyr audiobookshelf up to 2.9.0. It has been rated as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component File Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-35236. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in advplyr audiobookshelf up to 2.9.0. This issue affects an unknown function of the component File Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Prior to version 2.10.0, opening an ebook with malicious scripts inside leads to code execution inside the browsing context. Attacking a user with high privileges (upload, creation of libraries) can lead to remote code execution (RCE) in the worst case. This was tested on version 2.9.0 on Windows, but an arbitrary file write is powerful enough as is and should easily lead to RCE on Linux, too. Version 2.10.0 contains a patch for the vulnerability.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-35236 since 05/14/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 2.10.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch ce7f891b9b2cb57c6644aaf96f89a8bda6307664 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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Vendor

• advplyr

Name

• audiobookshelf

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/

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