HabitRPG Habatica up to 5.28.4 redirectTo cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in HabitRPG Habatica up to 5.28.4. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation of the argument redirectTo results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-53274. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in HabitRPG Habatica up to 5.28.4. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument redirectTo 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. 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 `home.vue` containsa reflected XSS vulnerability due to an incorrect sanitization function. An attacker can specify a malicious `redirectTo` parameter to trigger the vulnerability. Arbitrary javascript can be executed by the attacker in the context of the victim’s session. Version 5.28.5 contains a patch.

The advisory is shared at securitylab.github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-53274 since 11/19/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Habatica 5.28.5
Patch: 946ade5da1f52a804ef2ba76d49416c43e8166bf

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11/19/2024 🔍
12/12/2024 +23 days 🔍
12/12/2024 +0 days 🔍
09/06/2025 +267 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSL-2024-109
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-53274 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-53274
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-288117

Entryinfo

Created: 12/12/2024 08:04
Updated: 09/06/2025 00:09
Changes: 12/12/2024 08:04 (70), 09/06/2025 00:09 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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