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/.