PT-2019-10268 · Typesetter · Typesetter

Mithat Gögebakan · Published 2019-05-09 · Updated 2019-05-10 · CVE-2018-20837

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Typesetter version 5.1

Description: The issue concerns an XSS vulnerability in the include/admin/Menu/Ajax.php file. Specifically, it affects the "index.php/Admin/Menu/Ajax?cmd=AddHidden" endpoint, where the title parameter is vulnerable to XSS attacks.

Recommendations: For Typesetter version 5.1, consider restricting access to the vulnerable "index.php/Admin/Menu/Ajax" endpoint until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the cmd=AddHidden parameter in this endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-20837

Affected Products

Typesetter

References · 4

• 🔥 https://netsparker.com/web-applications-advisories/ns-18-026-reflected-cross-site-scripting-in-typesetter · Exploit
• https://github.com/Typesetter/Typesetter/commit/fd637e2919e7f77c498a91a8e9d353f8e12afc9a · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-20837 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20837 · Security Note