CVE-2018-20858 : Recommender before 2018-07-18 allows XSS.

Recommender before 2018-07-18 allows XSS.

Published 2019-08-09 16:15:11

Updated 2019-08-15 16:48:20

Source MITRE

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)

Products affected by CVE-2018-20858

EDX » Recommender
Versions before (<) 1.3.1
cpe:2.3:a:edx:recommender:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions

EPSS FAQ

0.08%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 35 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
4.3	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N	8.6	2.9	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Medium Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: None Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: None
6.1	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N	2.8	2.7	NIST
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: Required Scope: Changed Confidentiality: Low Integrity: Low Availability: None

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

https://github.com/edx/RecommenderXBlock/pull/2

“Recommender” fix by Rabia23 · Pull Request #2 · edx/RecommenderXBlock · GitHub
Patch;Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/openedx-announce/SF8Sn6MuUTg

Fwd: Critical patch for security vulnerability in Recommender xblock - Google Groepen
Mailing List;Patch;Third Party Advisory

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