HabitRPG Habatica up to 5.28.4 Link redirectTo cross site scripting

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in HabitRPG Habatica up to 5.28.4. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Link Handler. This manipulation of the argument redirectTo causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-53273. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in HabitRPG Habatica up to 5.28.4. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Link Handler. The manipulation of the argument redirectTo with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Habitica is an open-source habit-building program. Versions prior to 5.28.5 are vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting. The `register` function in `RegisterLoginReset.vue` contains a reflected XSS vulnerability due to an incorrect sanitization function. An attacker can specify a malicious `redirectTo` parameter to trigger the vulnerability, giving the attacker control of the victim’s account when a victim registers or logins with a specially crafted link. Version 5.28.5 contains a patch.

It is possible to read the advisory at securitylab.github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-53273 since 11/19/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 5.28.5 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 946ade5da1f52a804ef2ba76d49416c43e8166bf 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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• HabitRPG

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• Habatica

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• 5.28.0
• 5.28.1
• 5.28.2
• 5.28.3
• 5.28.4

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• open-source

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