SB2023091534 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Take-Note App

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4864)

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 in the "noteContent" parameter in the index.php script. A remote user 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.

2) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4865)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in index.php and delete_note.php. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.

Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

References

• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.239349
• https://skypoc.wordpress.com/2023/09/05/sourcecodester-take-note-app-v1-0-has-multiple-vulnerabilities/
• https://vuldb.com/?id.239349
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.239350
• https://vuldb.com/?id.239350