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CVE-2024-28234

Contao has insufficient BBCode sanitizer

Published: Apr 9, 2024Updated: Jan 2, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-74
NVD MITRE
4.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.6%
Top 57.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Contao is an open source content management system. Starting in version 2.0.0 and prior to versions 4.13.40 and 5.3.4, it is possible to inject CSS styles via BBCode in comments. Installations are only affected if BBCode is enabled. Contao versions 4.13.40 and 5.3.4 have a patch for this issue. As a workaround, disable BBCode for comments.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-74NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

contaocontao
On-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
contao/comments-bundlePackagistOSS Libraries
contaooss-projectDEWeb & CMS Pluginsaka contao cms
packagistpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
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References

https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-j55w-hjpj-825g
github.com
https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/55b995d8d35da0d36bc6a22c53fe6423ab0c4ae2
github.com
https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/6d42e667177c972ae7c219645593c262d7764ce2
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Timeline

Published
Apr 9, 2024
Last Updated
Jan 2, 2025

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