CVE-2024-43381 reNgine vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via DNS Record Poisoning

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Attackers can execute malicious scripts in the reNgine dashboard by poisoning DNS records, potentially compromising user accounts.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-43381?

CVE-2024-43381 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in yogeshojha rengine, published on 16 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

reNgine is an automated reconnaissance framework for web applications. Versions 2.1.2 and prior are susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. This vulnerability occurs when scanning a domain, and if the target domain's DNS record contains an XSS payload, it leads to the execution of malicious scripts in the reNgine's dashboard view when any user views the scan results. The XSS payload is directly fetched from the DNS record of the remote target domain. Consequently, an attacker can execute the attack without requiring any additional input from the target or the reNgine user. A patch is available and expected to be part of version 2.1.3.

Weakness: CWE-87, CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-43381?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Yogeshojha Rengine.

How do I fix CVE-2024-43381?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-43381 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-2024-43381 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-43381 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-96q4-fj2m-jqf7.

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