Medium severity · published Sep 4, 2024
CVE-2024-45399
Indico has a Cross-Site-Scripting during account creation
6.1
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Indico is an event management system that uses Flask-Multipass, a multi-backend authentication system for Flask. In Indico prior to version 3.3.4, corresponding to Flask-Multipass prior to version 0.5.5, there is a Cross-Site-Scripting vulnerability during account creation when redirecting to the `next` URL. Exploitation requires initiating the account creation process with a maliciously crafted link, and then finalizing the signup process. Because of this, it can only target newly created (and thus unprivileged) Indico users. Indico 3.3.4 upgrades the dependency on Flask-Multipass to version 0.5.5, which fixes the issue. Those who build the Indico package themselves and cannot upgrade can update the `flask-multipass` dependency to `>=0.5.5` which fixes the vulnerability. Otherwise one could configure one's web server to disallow requests containing a query string with a `next` parameter that starts with `javascript:`.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IN
indico · indico
< 3.3.4 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45399
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45399
Patch
https://github.com/indico/flask-multipass/commit/0bdcf656d469e5f675cb56fd644d82fea3a97c2a
Patch
https://github.com/indico/indico/commit/7dcb573837b9fd09d95f74d1baeae225b164cc8f
Release Notes
https://github.com/indico/indico/releases/tag/v3.3.4
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/indico/indico/security/advisories/GHSA-rrqf-w74j-24ff
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