Vulnerability discovered in the package ATutor
Loginsoft-2019-1035
February 11, 2019
CVE Number
CVE-2019-7172
CWE
CWE – 79
Product Details
ATutor is an open source web based online learning system which is mainly used to design, develop and deliver the online courses.
URL: https://atutor.github.io/
Vulnerable Versions
v2.2.4
Vulnerability Details
Before printing the `Real Name` value on the ‘Accounts page, there is no escape being done, leaving the application vulnerable to the specific XSS attack.
Reference link: https://github.com/atutor/ATutor/issues/164
Mitigations
- Avoid inserting or adding the untrusted input data
- Data filtration techniques must be given high importance
- Always perform the sanitation of the input data like HTML escape, Attribute escape, JavaScript escape JSON parsing and HTML encoding before inserting them into the page content
- It is advisable to practice content security policy and adopt the auto escaping template system
- Implement the X-XSS-Protection response header
Timeline
- Vendor Disclosure: 2019-01-16
- Public Disclosure: 2019-02-11
Credit
Discovered by ACE Team – Loginsoft