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Possible cross-site scripting attack via unsanitized SVG files in fof/upload

High
imorland published GHSA-fm53-mpmp-7qw2 May 25, 2022

Package

composer fof/upload (Composer)

Affected versions

< 1.2.3

Patched versions

1.2.3

Description

Impact

If FoF Upload is configured to allow the uploading of SVG files (image/svg+xml), navigating directly to an SVG file URI could execute arbitrary Javascript code decided by an attacker.

This Javascript code could include the execution of HTTP web requests to Flarum, or any other web service. This could allow data to be leaked by an authenticated Flarum user, or, possibly, for data to be modified maliciously.

Patches

This has been patched with v1.2.3, which now sanitizes uploaded SVG files.

Workarounds

Upgrade to 1.2.3 (requires Flarum 1.2 or later), or remove the ability for users to upload SVG files through FoF Upload.

References

Thank you to Safwat Refaat for the responsible disclosure of this vulnerability.

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2022-30999

Weaknesses

Credits