Multiple vulnerabilities in Electronic Logbook package

Published: 2020-01-10 | Updated: 2023-01-31

Risk	Low
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2019-20375 CVE-2019-20376
CWE-ID	CWE-79
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Electronic Logbook Web applications / Modules and components for CMS
Vendor	Stefan Ritt

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU24190

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20375

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the "value" parameter in a localization (loc) command to elogd.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Electronic Logbook: 3.1.4

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:a:stefan_ritt:elog:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://bitbucket.org/ritt/elog/commits/eefdabb714f26192f585083ef96c8413e459a1d1

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU24189