Vulnerability CVE-2024-3938


Published: 2024-07-25   Modified: 2024-07-26

Description:
The "reset password" login page accepted an HTML injection via URL parameters.

This has already been rectified via patch, and as such it cannot be demonstrated via Demo site link. Those interested to see the vulnerability may spin up a http://localhost:8082/dotAdmin/#/public/login?resetEmailSent=true&resetEmail=%3Ch1%3E%3Ca%20href%3D%22https:%2F%2Fgoogle.com%22%3ECLICK%20ME%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fh1%3E

This will result in a view along these lines:





* OWASP Top 10 - A03: Injection
* CVSS Score: 5.4
* AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator
* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator?vector=AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N&... https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator

 References:
https://auth.dotcms.com/security/SI-71

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