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GHSA-fmxq-v8mg-qh25

MediumCVSS 5.7 / 10
Published Feb 22, 2023·Last modified Nov 8, 2023
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

A low-privileged user can create a special web page. If an authenticated portal admin visits this page, the page can silently send a request to assign new roles for that user without any confirmation from the Portal admin.

Patches

Cookie SameSite strategy was set to Lax in #4664 and was released in v2.1.0.

Workarounds

To fix the potential issue without upgrading, simply follow the advice that does not visit unknown source pages.

References

Apollo Security Guidence

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Risk Scores
Base Score
5.7

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. The attacker needs the user to perform some action, like clicking a link. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data.

Threat Intelligence
5.2

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
0.35%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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