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CVE-2024-45793: Prevent XSS from Confidant API call

September 20, 2024

What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted? Potential XSS from API calls below: GET /v1/credentials GET /v1/credentials/ GET /v1/archive/credentials/ GET /v1/archive/credentials POST /v1/credentials PUT /v1/credentials/ PUT /v1/credentials//<to_revision>

GET /v1/services GET /v1/services/ GET /v1/archive/services/ GET /v1/archive/services PUT /v1/services/ PUT /v1/services//<to_revision>

Stored XSS that can only be used as a stored HTML injection. The attacker needs to be authenticated and have privileges to create new credentials, but could use this to show information and run scripts to other users into the same Confidant instance.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-rxq8-q85f-m866
  • github.com/lyft/confidant
  • github.com/lyft/confidant/commit/8876b07abde0c8d2a4974f79b60562b6d0193db9
  • github.com/lyft/confidant/security/advisories/GHSA-rxq8-q85f-m866
  • hackerone.com/reports/2332004
  • hackerone.com/reports/2456673
  • hackerone.com/reports/2476542
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45793

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 6.6.2

Fixed versions

  • 6.6.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.6.2 or above.

Impact 4.8 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

pypi/confidant/CVE-2024-45793.yml

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