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CVE-2022-2523: Fava vulnerable to Reflected Cross-site Scripting

July 26, 2022 (updated September 20, 2024)

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository beancount/fava prior to 1.22.2. The query_string parameter of Fava is vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting, for which a attacker can modify any information that the user is able to modify. This issue is fixed in version 1.22.2.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-q8hg-3vqv-f8v3
  • github.com/beancount/fava
  • github.com/beancount/fava/commit/dccfb6a2f4567f35ce2e9a78e24f92ebf946bc9b
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/fava/PYSEC-2022-240.yaml
  • huntr.dev/bounties/2a1802d8-1c2e-4919-96a7-d4dcf7ffcf8f
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2523

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.22.2

Fixed versions

  • 1.22.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.22.2 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-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

pypi/fava/CVE-2022-2523.yml

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