PT-2023-12189 · Cockpit · Cockpit

Erik Krogh Kristensen + 1 · Published 2023-02-20 · Updated 2023-03-02 · CVE-2021-32857

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cockpit versions 0.12.2 and prior

Description Cockpit is a content management system that allows addition of content management functionality to any site. In the affected versions, bad HTML sanitization in htmleditor.js may lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) issues.

Recommendations For Cockpit versions 0.12.2 and prior, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the htmleditor.js function until a patch is available. Restrict access to the htmleditor.js module to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-32857

Affected Products

Cockpit

References · 6

• 🔥 https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2021-1035_Cockpit_Next · Exploit
• https://github.com/agentejo/cockpit/blob/f7cd602bcc6134657ccfeb4e400b0050943dd243/assets/lib/uikit/js/components/htmleditor.js · Patch
• https://github.com/agentejo/cockpit/commit/0c6628cbff3e49bc317c97b03a4666b3a75f76cc · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32857 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-32857 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/58608 · Telegram Post