CVE-2024-25090 Cross-site scripting in Apache Roller
Authenticated users can inject scripts via profile or bookmark fields in untrusted-user mode, potentially leading to session hijacking or malicious actions.
- 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-2024-25090?
CVE-2024-25090 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Apache Roller, published on 26 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Insufficient input validation and sanitation in Profile name & screenname, Bookmark name & description and blogroll name features in all versions of Apache Roller on all platforms allows an authenticated user to perform an XSS attack. Mitigation: if you do not have Roller configured for untrusted users, then you need to do nothing because you trust your users to author raw HTML and other web content. If you are running with untrusted users then you should upgrade to Roller 6.1.3.
This issue affects Apache Roller: from 5.0.0 before 6.1.3.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.1.3, which fixes the issue.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25090?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apache Roller.
How do I fix CVE-2024-25090?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-25090 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-2024-25090 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25090 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apache Roller
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g9rf-qc6j-h2f7.