5.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-37901
Indico Cross-Site-Scripting Vulnerability in Confirmation Prompts
Description

Indico is an open source a general-purpose, web based event management tool. There is a Cross-Site-Scripting vulnerability in confirmation prompts commonly used when deleting content from Indico. Exploitation requires someone with at least submission privileges (such as a speaker) and then someone else to attempt to delete this content. Considering that event organizers may want to delete suspicious-looking content when spotting it, there is a non-negligible risk of such an attack to succeed. The risk of this could be further increased when combined with some some social engineering pointing the victim towards this content. Users need to update to Indico 3.2.6 as soon as possible. See the docs for instructions on how to update. Users who cannot upgrade should only let trustworthy users manage categories, create events or upload materials ("submission" privileges on a contribution/event). This should already be the case in a properly-configured setup when it comes to category/event management. Note that a conference doing a Call for Abstracts actively invites external speakers (who the organizers may not know and thus cannot fully trust) to submit content, hence the need to update to a a fixed version ASAP in particular when using such workflows.

INFO

Published Date :

July 21, 2023, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 31, 2023, 6:30 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.3
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-37901 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Cern indico
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-37901.

URL Resource
https://docs.getindico.io/en/stable/installation/upgrade/ Product
https://github.com/indico/indico/commit/2ee636d318653fb1ab193803dafbfe3e371d4130 Patch
https://github.com/indico/indico/releases/tag/v3.2.6 Release Notes
https://github.com/indico/indico/security/advisories/GHSA-fmqq-25x9-c6hm Vendor Advisory

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 31, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://docs.getindico.io/en/stable/installation/upgrade/ No Types Assigned https://docs.getindico.io/en/stable/installation/upgrade/ Product
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/indico/indico/commit/2ee636d318653fb1ab193803dafbfe3e371d4130 No Types Assigned https://github.com/indico/indico/commit/2ee636d318653fb1ab193803dafbfe3e371d4130 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/indico/indico/releases/tag/v3.2.6 No Types Assigned https://github.com/indico/indico/releases/tag/v3.2.6 Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/indico/indico/security/advisories/GHSA-fmqq-25x9-c6hm No Types Assigned https://github.com/indico/indico/security/advisories/GHSA-fmqq-25x9-c6hm Vendor Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cern:indico:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.2.6
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.08 }} 0.02%

score

0.32749

percentile

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