Action Pack up to 7.0.8.6/7.1.5.0/7.2.2.0/8.0.0.0 content_security_policy cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Action Pack up to 7.0.8.6/7.1.5.0/7.2.2.0/8.0.0.0 and classified as problematic. The impacted element is the function content_security_policy. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-54133. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Action Pack up to 7.0.8.6/7.1.5.0/7.2.2.0/8.0.0.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function content_security_policy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Action Pack is a framework for handling and responding to web requests. There is a possible Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the `content_security_policy` helper starting in version 5.2.0 of Action Pack and prior to versions 7.0.8.7, 7.1.5.1, 7.2.2.1, and 8.0.0.1. Applications which set Content-Security-Policy (CSP) headers dynamically from untrusted user input may be vulnerable to carefully crafted inputs being able to inject new directives into the CSP. This could lead to a bypass of the CSP and its protection against XSS and other attacks. Versions 7.0.8.7, 7.1.5.1, 7.2.2.1, and 8.0.0.1 contain a fix. As a workaround, applications can avoid setting CSP headers dynamically from untrusted input, or can validate/sanitize that input.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-54133 since 11/29/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 232151 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-54133), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 7.0.8.7, 7.1.5.1, 7.2.2.1 or 8.0.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 2e3f41e4538b9ca1044357f6644f037bbb7c6c49 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (232151). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Action Pack

Version

• 7.0.8.0
• 7.0.8.1
• 7.0.8.2
• 7.0.8.3
• 7.0.8.4
• 7.0.8.5
• 7.0.8.6
• 7.1.0
• 7.1.1
• 7.1.2
• 7.1.3
• 7.1.4
• 7.1.5.0
• 7.2.0
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2.0
• 8.0.0

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• open-source

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