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CVE-2022-4638: collective.contact.widget is vulnerable to cross-site scripting

December 22, 2022 (updated September 13, 2024)

collective.contact.widget is an add-on is part of the collective.contact.* suite. A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in collective.contact.widget up to 1.12. This vulnerability affects the function title of the file src/collective/contact/widget/widgets.py. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. The name of the patch is 5da36305ca7ed433782be8901c47387406fcda12. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216496.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-5pqf-rvm7-3wgw
  • github.com/collective/collective.contact.widget
  • github.com/collective/collective.contact.widget/commit/5da36305ca7ed433782be8901c47387406fcda12
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/collective-contact-widget/PYSEC-2022-42988.yaml
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4638
  • vuldb.com/?id.216496

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.13

Fixed versions

  • 1.13

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.13 or above.

Impact 6.1 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-707: Improper Neutralization
  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

pypi/collective.contact.widget/CVE-2022-4638.yml

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