PT-2024-30652 · Open Edx+1 · Openedx-Translations+4

Published 2024-08-23 · Updated 2024-09-12 · CVE-2024-43782

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.7

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions openedx-translations (affected versions not specified) edx-platform versions from 'redwood' to 'master'

Description The openedx-translations repository contains translation files from Open edX repositories to be kept in sync with Transifex. Before moving to pulling translations from the openedx-translations repository via openedx-atlas, translations in the edx-platform repository were validated using edx-i18n-tools. This validation included protection against malformed translations and translations-based script injections. Prior to this patch, the validation implemented in the openedx-translations repository did not include the same protections. The maintainer inspected the translations in the edx-platform directory of both the main and open-release/redwood.master branches of the openedx-translations repository and found no evidence of exploited translation strings.

Recommendations For edx-platform versions from 'redwood' to 'master', update to utilize edx-i18n-tools. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the use of translations from the openedx-translations repository until a patch is available. Restrict access to the vulnerable translation files to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability in openedx-translations.

Exploit

Fix

Special Elements Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-74

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-43782

GHSA-FG8C-2PVJ-WX3J

Affected Products

Transifex

Edx-I18N-Tools

Edx-Platform

Openedx-Atlas

Openedx-Translations

References · 14

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/43xxx/CVE-2024-43782.json · Exploit
• https://github.com/openedx/openedx-translations/commit/b2444340e8702c7955310331c1db5fd85b25b92b · Patch
• https://github.com/openedx/openedx-translations/security/advisories/GHSA-fg8c-2pvj-wx3j · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/openedx/openedx-translations/commit/3c4093705dec99590577c4d8270ce263f7fffc5a · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43782 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43782 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1827027187666448715 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1828311621535703290 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1828375386205352369 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1828375377896436172 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/3998 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1826995680532893754 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1828673948390932887 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/94404 · Telegram Post