CVE-2019-7170 Croogo vulnerable to XSS in title field

Medium 4.8 Published Updated

An attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the Croogo CMS admin panel via a stored XSS vulnerability in the taxonomy vocabulary title field.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2019-7170?

CVE-2019-7170 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jan 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A stored-self XSS exists in Croogo through v3.0.5, allowing an attacker to execute HTML or JavaScript code in a vulnerable Title field to /admin/taxonomy/vocabularies.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-7170?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including croogo/croogo. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
croogo/croogo PackagistAll versions3.0.7
croogo/croogo PackagistAll versions3.0.7

Products include Croogo Croogo.

How do I fix CVE-2019-7170?

Upgrade croogo/croogo to 3.0.7 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-2019-7170 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-7170 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-36pq-cjh9-fv46.

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