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CVE-2024-28235

Contao possible cookie sharing with external domains while checking protected pages for broken links

Published: Apr 9, 2024Updated: Jan 17, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-200
NVD MITRE
8.3CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.7%
Top 51.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Contao is an open source content management system. Starting in version 4.9.0 and prior to versions 4.13.40 and 5.3.4, when checking for broken links on protected pages, Contao sends the cookie header to external urls as well, the passed options for the http client are used for all requests. Contao versions 4.13.40 and 5.3.4 have a patch for this issue. As a workaround, disable crawling protected pages.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:RS:CC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-200NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

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

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-9jh5-qf84-x6pr
github.com
https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/73a2770e2d3535ec9f1b03d54be00e56ebb8ff16
github.com
https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/79b7620d01ce8f46ce2b331455e0d95e5208de3d
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Timeline

Published
Apr 9, 2024
Last Updated
Jan 17, 2025

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