Formwork up to 1.13.0/2.0.0-beta.1 /panel/options/site cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Formwork up to 1.13.0/2.0.0-beta.1. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the file /panel/options/site. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-37160. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Formwork up to 1.13.0/2.0.0-beta.1. This issue affects an unknown code block of the file /panel/options/site. 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:

Formwork is a flat file-based Content Management System (CMS). An attackers (requires administrator privilege) to execute arbitrary web scripts by modifying site options via /panel/options/site. This type of attack is suitable for persistence, affecting visitors across all pages (except the dashboard). This vulnerability is fixed in 1.13.1.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-37160 since 06/03/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 1.13.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 9d471204f7ebb51c3c27131581c2b834315b5e0b 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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• Formwork

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13.0
• 2.0.0-beta.0
• 2.0.0-beta.1

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• open-source

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