4.6
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-56507
LinkAce Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Description

LinkAce is a self-hosted archive to collect links of your favorite websites. Prior to 1.15.6, a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the LinkAce. This issue occurs in the "URL" field of the "Edit Link" module, where user input is not properly sanitized or encoded before being reflected in the HTML response. This allows attackers to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the victim’s browser, leading to potential session hijacking, data theft, and unauthorized actions. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.6.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 27, 2024, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 27, 2024, 9:15 p.m.

Source :

security-advisories@github.com

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.5

Exploitability Score :

2.1
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/Kovah/LinkAce/commit/c7cd6a323a03ccd89c7f905f7d9f2afc265b7b67
https://github.com/Kovah/LinkAce/security/advisories/GHSA-cjcg-wj4p-pgc5
https://github.com/Kovah/LinkAce/security/advisories/GHSA-cjcg-wj4p-pgc5

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-56507 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Dec. 27, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/Kovah/LinkAce/security/advisories/GHSA-cjcg-wj4p-pgc5
  • New CVE Received by security-advisories@github.com

    Dec. 27, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description LinkAce is a self-hosted archive to collect links of your favorite websites. Prior to 1.15.6, a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the LinkAce. This issue occurs in the "URL" field of the "Edit Link" module, where user input is not properly sanitized or encoded before being reflected in the HTML response. This allows attackers to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the victim’s browser, leading to potential session hijacking, data theft, and unauthorized actions. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.6.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-79
    Added Reference https://github.com/Kovah/LinkAce/commit/c7cd6a323a03ccd89c7f905f7d9f2afc265b7b67
    Added Reference https://github.com/Kovah/LinkAce/security/advisories/GHSA-cjcg-wj4p-pgc5
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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