GHSA-c6v5-pf66-xfq8 CVE-2023-3668
Froxlor vulnerable to Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
High
Packagist
- Severity
- 9.1 / 10
- High · CVSS 3.0
- Exploit chance (EPSS)
- 1.01%
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 63.07% of scored vulnerabilities.
- Known exploited
- No
- Not in CISA's catalog
- Weakness
- CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
- Fix
2.0.21- Upgrade froxlor/froxlor to this version or later
Description
Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output in GitHub repository froxlor/froxlor prior to 2.0.21.
Affected versions
Packagist
| Package | Vulnerable | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| froxlor/froxlor | < 2.0.21 |
2.0.21 |
How to fix
Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.
froxlor/froxlor Packagist → 2.0.21
- composer
composer require froxlor/froxlor:^2.0.21
Severity breakdown
CVSS 3.0 9.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Weakness
CWE-116: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
The product prepares a structured message for communication with another component, but encoding or escaping of the data is either missing or done incorrectly. As a result, the intended structure of the message is not preserved.
How to prevent it
- Architecture and Design: Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid. For example, consider using the ESAPI Encoding control [REF-45] or a similar tool, library, or framework. These will help the programmer encode outputs in a manner less prone to error. Alternately, use built-in functions, but consider using wrappers in case those functions are discovered to have a vulnerability.
- Architecture and Design: If available, use structured mechanisms that automatically enforce the separation between data and code. These mechanisms may be able to provide the relevant quoting, encoding, and validation automatically, instead of relying on the developer to provide this capability at every point where output is generated. For example, stored procedures can enforce database query structure and reduce the likelihood of SQL injection.
- Architecture and Design, Implementation: Understand the context in which your data will be used and the encoding that will be expected. This is especially important when transmitting data between different components, or when generating outputs that can contain multiple encodings at the same time, such as web pages or multi-part mail messages. Study all expected communication protocols and data representations to determine the required encoding strategies.
- Architecture and Design: In some cases, input validation may be an important strategy when output encoding is not a complete solution. For example, you may be providing the same output that will be processed by multiple consumers that use different encodings or representations. In other cases, you may be required to allow user-supplied input to contain control information, such as limited HTML tags that support formatting in a wiki or bulletin board. When this type of requirement must be met, use an extremely strict allowlist to limit which control sequences can be used. Verify that the resulting syntactic structure is what you expect. Use your normal encoding methods for the remainder of the input.
- Architecture and Design: Use input validation as a defense-in-depth measure to reduce the likelihood of output encoding errors (see CWE-20).
- Requirements: Fully specify which encodings are required by components that will be communicating with each other.
- Implementation: When exchanging data between components, ensure that both components are using the same character encoding. Ensure that the proper encoding is applied at each interface. Explicitly set the encoding you are using whenever the protocol allows you to do so.
References
Advisories
Packages
Other links
Timeline
- Published
- Last updated by the source
- Latest EPSS score
Related advisories
| Advisory | Severity | Why it's related |
|---|---|---|
| GHSA-7788-ghfq-c6mh Froxlor: Credential and 2FA secret disclosure via Froxlor API endpoints | Critical | Also affects froxlor/froxlor |
| GHSA-xpr4-8vp6-c87j Froxlor has CSRF Vulnerability in AJAX Endpoint — Missing Cross-Site Request Forgery Protection | Medium | Also affects froxlor/froxlor |
| GHSA-5rw4-4665-cvwf Froxlor DomainZones.add allows DNS zone-file RR injection via record/type fields | Medium | Also affects froxlor/froxlor |
| GHSA-w27m-rmmf-g5w4 Froxlor: Second-Order SQL Injection via `Admins.add` `ipaddress` Parameter Allows Full Database Exfiltration | High | Also affects froxlor/froxlor |
| GHSA-43gm-9rr3-cx7g Froxlor: Stored XSS in DNS TXT Record Content Allows Customer-to-Admin Account Takeover | High | Also affects froxlor/froxlor |
| GHSA-q4rm-m6xh-5pv7 Froxlor customer can create MySQL databases on disallowed servers via Mysqls.add API | Medium | Also affects froxlor/froxlor |
| GHSA-mr9h-45p9-fg8h Froxlor: Authenticated customers can read other customers' allowed sender aliases | Medium | Also affects froxlor/froxlor |
| GHSA-f9rx-7wf7-jr36 Froxlor's API Authentication bypasses 2FA Authentication | High | Also affects froxlor/froxlor |
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