GHSA-cfhh-xgwq-5r67

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cfhh-xgwq-5r67

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/03/GHSA-cfhh-xgwq-5r67/GHSA-cfhh-xgwq-5r67.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-cfhh-xgwq-5r67

Aliases

CVE-2022-24740

Published

2022-03-14T22:15:19Z

Modified

2023-11-08T04:08:34Z

Severity

5.0 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator

Summary

Sudden swap of user auth tokens in Volto

Details

Impact

Due to the usage of an outdated version of the react-cookie library, under the circumstances of given a server high load, it is possible that a user could get his/her auth cookie replaced with the auth cookie from another user, effectively giving him full access to the other users account and privileges. A proven exploit for this vulnerability does not exist, since the exact requisites for it to happen have not been fully clarified, and the attempts to reproduce it under testing conditions have been unsuccessful, but it still can happen randomly and unintentionally in the wild.

Patches

The patch and fix is present in Volto 15.0.0-alpha.0 (or later). See PR: https://github.com/plone/volto/pull/3051. We recommend upgrading to the final release of Volto 15 as soon as possible if running an affected version. See the upgrade guide https://6-dev-docs.plone.org/volto/upgrade-guide/index.html#upgrading-to-volto-15-x-x

Workarounds

It is possible to create a fix by manually upgrading the react-cookie package to 4.1.1 and then overriding all Volto components that use this library as in https://github.com/plone/volto/pull/3051. As this is substantial work, an update to the Volto 15 is recommended. The upgrade steps for going from Volto 14 to Volto 15 are quite easy and do not involve any complexity. Please take a look at the upgrade guide: https://6-dev-docs.plone.org/volto/upgrade-guide/index.html#upgrading-to-volto-15-x-x

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Open an issue in volto
Email us at security@plone.org

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-287"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2022-03-14T22:15:19Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2022-03-14T23:15:00Z",
    "severity":  "MODERATE"
}

References

Affected packages

npm / @plone/volto

Package

Name: @plone/volto; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/%40plone/volto

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

14.0.0-alpha.6

Fixed

15.0.0-alpha.0

Database specific

last_known_affected_version_range

"<= 14.10.0"

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/03/GHSA-cfhh-xgwq-5r67/GHSA-cfhh-xgwq-5r67.json"