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Vulnerability in SOWA OPAC software
CVE ID CVE-2024-6050
Publication date 01 July 2024
Vendor SOKRATES-software
Product SOWA OPAC
Vulnerable versions From 4.0 before 4.9.10, from 5.0 before 6.2.12
Vulnerability type (CWE) Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') (CWE-79)
Report source Report to CERT Polska

Description

CERT Polska has received a report about vulnerability in SOKRATES-software SOWA OPAC software for libraries and participated in coordination of its disclosure.

The vulnerability CVE-2024-6050 allows a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). An attacker might trick somebody into using a crafted URL, which will cause a script to be run in user's browser. This issue affects version series 4.x, 5.x and 6.x. The vulnerability has been fixed in version 4.9.10 and 6.2.12 (versions from the 5.x series are replaced by versions from the 6.x series).

Credits

We thank Kacper Rybczyński for the responsible vulnerability report. We thank also the vendor for the immediate remediation of the reported flaw.


More about the coordinated vulnerability disclosure process at CERT Polska can be found at https://cert.pl/en/cvd/.