CVE-2018-25050 Harvest Chosen abstract-chosen.coffee AbstractChosen cross site scripting
An attacker can inject malicious scripts via the group_label argument in Harvest Chosen, potentially executing code in the victim's browser.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-25050?
CVE-2018-25050 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Harvest Chosen, published on 28 Dec 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Harvest Chosen up to 1.8.6. Affected by this issue is the function AbstractChosen of the file coffee/lib/abstract-chosen.coffee. The manipulation of the argument group_label leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 1.8.7 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 77fd031d541e77510268d1041ed37798fdd1017e. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216956.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-25050?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including harvesthq/chosen. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
harvesthq/chosen Packagist | All versions | 1.8.7 |
harvesthq/chosen Packagist | All versions | 1.8.7 |
Products include Getharvest Chosen.
How do I fix CVE-2018-25050?
Upgrade harvesthq/chosen to 1.8.7 or later.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2018-25050 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-25050 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x5q4-m45m-fm94, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-25050.