CVE-2024-8407 alwindoss akademy handlers.go cross site scripting
Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the emailAddress argument in Akademy, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-8407?
CVE-2024-8407 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in alwindoss akademy, published on 4 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability was found in alwindoss akademy up to 35caccea888ed63d5489e211c99edff1f62efdba. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file cmd/akademy/handler/handlers.go. The manipulation of the argument emailAddress leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This product does not use versioning. This is why information about affected and unaffected releases are unavailable.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8407?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Alwindoss Akademy.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8407?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8407 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-2024-8407 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-8407 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-27hp-p4cr-qf56.