GHSA-7x4w-j98p-854x
Cross site scripting vulnerability with discussion titles
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | flarum/core | >= 1.5.0, < 1.6.2 | 1.6.2 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
Flarum's page title system allowed for page titles to be converted into HTML DOM nodes when pages were rendered. The change was made after `v1.5` and was not noticed.
This allowed an attacker to inject malicious HTML markup using a discussion title input, either by creating a new discussion or renaming one. The XSS attack occurs after a visitor opens the relevant discussion page.
### Impact
All communities running Flarum from `v1.5.0` to `v1.6.1` are impacted.
### Patches
The vulnerability has been fixed and published as flarum/core `v1.6.2`. All communities running Flarum from `v1.5.0` to `v1.6.1` have to upgrade as soon as possible to v1.6.2 using:
```
composer update --prefer-dist --no-dev -a -W
```
You can then confirm you run the latest version using:
```
composer show flarum/core
```
### Workarounds
**None**
### For more information
For any questions or comments on this vulnerability please visit https://discuss.flarum.org/d/27558.
For support questions create a discussion at https://discuss.flarum.org/t/support.
A reminder that if you ever become aware of a security issue in Flarum, please report it to us privately by emailing [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]), and we will address it promptly.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.