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Stored XSS via SVG File Upload

Low severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 12, 2023 in umbraco/Umbraco-CMS

Package

nuget Umbraco.CMS (NuGet)

Affected versions

>= 7.0.0, < 7.15.11
>= 8.0.0, < 8.18.9
>= 9.0.0, < 10.7.0
>= 11.0.0, < 11.5.0
>= 12.0.0, < 12.2.0

Patched versions

7.15.11
8.18.9
10.7.0
11.5.0
12.2.0

Description

Impact

A user with access to the backoffice can upload SVG files that include scripts. If the user can trick another user to load the media directly in a browser, the scripts can be executed.

Workaround

Implement the server side file validation
https://docs.umbraco.com/umbraco-cms/reference/security/serverside-file-validation

or

Serve all media from an different host (e.g cdn) that where umbraco is hosted

References

@bergmania bergmania published to umbraco/Umbraco-CMS Dec 12, 2023
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 12, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 13, 2023
Reviewed Dec 13, 2023

Severity

Low
0.0
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-49279

GHSA ID

GHSA-6xmx-85x3-4cv2

Source code

Credits

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