CVE-2024-13273 Open Social - Moderately critical - Cross Site Scripting, Denial of Service - SA-CONTRIB-2024-037

Medium 5.4 Published 9 Jan 2025 Updated 9 Jan 2025

Attackers can inject malicious scripts into Drupal Open Social pages, potentially executing code or causing denial of service.

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: None listed

What is CVE-2024-13273?

CVE-2024-13273 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Drupal Open Social, published on 9 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Drupal Open Social allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Open Social: from 0.0.0 before 12.3.8, from 12.4.0 before 12.4.5, from 13.0.0 before 13.0.0-alpha11.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13273?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Getopensocial Open Social.

How do I fix CVE-2024-13273?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13273 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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-2024-13273 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13273 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6q5c-9hq7-3fc3.